effects of chronic nitrogen fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling

• Published in: Environmental microbiology Vol. 10; no. 11; pp. 3093 - 3105
• Main Authors: Nemergut, Diana R, Townsend, Alan R, Sattin, Sarah R, Freeman, Kristen R, Fierer, Noah, Neff, Jason C, Bowman, William D, Schadt, Christopher W, Weintraub, Michael N, Schmidt, Steven K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2008; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: ABUNDANCE; Archaea; Archaea - classification; Archaea - isolation & purification; AROMATICS; AVAILABILITY; BACTERIA; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - isolation & purification; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Basidiomycetes; Biodiversity; CARBON; Carbon - metabolism; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ENZYMES; FERTILIZATION; Fertilizers; FUNGI; Fungi - classification; Fungi - isolation & purification; Molecular Sequence Data; NITROGEN; Nitrogen - metabolism; Organic Chemicals - analysis; ORGANIC MATTER; Phylogeny; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEINS; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil - analysis; Soil Microbiology; SOILS; TUNDRA; Verrucomicrobia

Many studies have shown that changes in nitrogen (N) availability affect primary productivity in a variety of terrestrial systems, but less is known about the effects of the changing N cycle on soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition. We used a variety of techniques to examine the effects of chronic...