Unearthing the ecology of soil microorganisms using a high resolution DNA-SIP approach to explore cellulose and xylose metabolism in soil

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Pepe Ranney, Charles ^a   Campbell, Ashley N ^a   Koechli, Chantal N ^a   Berthrong, Sean ^b   Buckley, Daniel H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Cellulose; Decomposition; DNA SIP; Soil; Stable isotope probing; Trophic; Verrucomicrobia

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; XYLOSE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOASSAY; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STABLE ISOTOPE PROBING; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; FRACTIONATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PLANCTOMYCETES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84973569754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00703     Document Type: Article

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