Time- and sediment depth-related variations in bacterial diversity and community structure in subtidal sands

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 3; no. 7; pp. 780 - 791
• Main Authors: Böer, Simone I, Hedtkamp, Stefanie I C, van Beusekom, Justus E E, Fuhrman, Jed A, Boetius, Antje, Ramette, Alban
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2009; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carbon - metabolism; Chlorophyll; Cluster Analysis; Colony Count, Microbial; Community structure; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Ecological function; Ecology; Enzymatic activity; Enzymes - metabolism; Evolutionary Biology; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; Germany; Habitats; Hydrolysis; Life Sciences; Microbial activity; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Organic matter; original-article; Oxygen consumption; Phylogeny; Respiration; Sand; Seasons; Sediments; Temperature; Germany; bacterial diversity; sediment depth; ARISA; multivariate analysis; temporal change; variation partitioning

Bacterial community structure and microbial activity were determined together with a large number of contextual environmental parameters over 2 years in subtidal sands of the German Wadden Sea in order to identify the main factors shaping microbial community structure and activity in this habitat. S...