Urban stress is associated with variation in microbial species composition - but not richness - in Manhattan

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 751-760

  Reese, Aspen T ^a,b   Savage, Amy ^c   Youngsteadt, Elsa ^d   Mcguire, Krista L ^e,f   Koling, Adam ^f   Watkins, Olivia ^e   Frank, Steven D ^d   Dunn, Robert R ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GREENSPACE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATCHINESS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

KANSAS; MANHATTAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW YORK; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RECREATIONAL PARK;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK CITY; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PHYLOGENY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84942133913     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.152     Document Type: Article

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