Cellulolytic potential under environmental changes in microbial communities from grassland litter

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Berlemont, Renaud ^a,b   Allison, Steven D ^a   Weihe, Claudia ^a   Lu, Ying ^a   Brodie, Eoin L ^c,d   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^a   Martiny, Adam C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Global change; Leaf litter; Metagenomics; Microbial community composition

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GLYCOSIDASE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTEROIDETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELLULOLYTIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84987776111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00639     Document Type: Article

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