A method for simultaneous measurement of soil bacterial abundances and community composition via 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-151

  Smets, Wenke ^a   Leff, Jonathan W ^b   Bradford, Mark A ^c   McCulley, Rebecca L ^d   Lebeer, Sarah ^a   Fierer, Noah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Bacterial abundances; Microbial community analyses; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DNA; EXTRACTION; FATTY ACIDS; GENE ENCODING; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RNA; SOILS; STANDARDS;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOIL BACTERIUM; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATIONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DNA; FATTY ACID; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84959321194     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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