A long‐term field experiment of soil transplantation demonstrating the role of contemporary geographic separation in shaping soil microbial community structure

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 4; no. 7; pp. 1073 - 1087
• Main Authors: Sun, Bo, Wang, Feng, Jiang, Yuji, Li, Yun, Dong, Zhixin, Li, Zhongpei, Zhang, Xue‐Xian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2014; John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Subjects: 454 pyrosequencing; Archaea; Bacteria; Biogeography; Communities; Community structure; contemporary disturbance; Cycles; Ecosystems; Empirical analysis; Environmental conditions; Eukaryotes; Experiments; Fungi; Genes; Geographical locations; historical contingency; Historical structures; Laboratories; Manures; Microbial activity; microbial biogeography; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; NifH gene; Nitrogen; Nitrogen cycle; nitrogen cycling; Original Research; Phylogeny; rRNA 16S; rRNA 18S; Soil microorganisms; Soil structure; soil transplantation; Soil types; Soils; Studies; Transplantation; China; China, People's Rep; historical contingency; 454 pyrosequencing; microbial biogeography; contemporary disturbance; nitrogen cycling; soil transplantation

The spatial patterns of microbial communities are largely determined by the combined effects of historical contingencies and contemporary environmental disturbances, but their relative importance remains poorly understood. Empirical biogeographic data currently available are mostly based on the trad...