Resuscitation of the rare biosphere contributes to pulses of ecosystem activity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Aanderud, Zachary T ^a   Jones, Stuart E ^b   Fierer, Noah ^c   Lennon, Jay T ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 pulses; Desiccation; Dominance; Dormancy; Rarity; Seed bank; Soil rewetting; Stable isotope probing (SIP)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RAIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; COMAMONADACEAE; DORMANCY; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXALOBACTERACEAE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONADACEAE; OXALOBACTERACEAE; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

EID: 84927515914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00024     Document Type: Article

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