Microbial activity in forest soil reflects the changes in ecosystem properties between summer and winter

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 288-301

  Žifčáková, Lucia ^a   Větrovský, Tomáš ^a   Howe, Adina ^b   Baldrian, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOIL;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MYCORRHIZA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINACEAE; SEASON; SOIL; TREE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROBIOTA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINACEAE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TREES;

EID: 84956580928     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13026     Document Type: Article

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