Trends in Taxonomic and Functional Composition of Soil Microbiome Along a Precipitation Gradient in Israel

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 168-176

  Tripathi, Binu M ^a   Moroenyane, Itumeleng ^b   Sherman, Chen ^c   Lee, Yoo Kyung ^a   Adams, Jonathan M ^d   Steinberger, Yosef ^c  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Israel; Soil microbiome; Taxonomic and functional composition

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; MICROBIOTA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 85009231295     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-0931-0     Document Type: Article

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