Myxobacterial biodiversity in an established oak-hickory forest and a savanna restoration site.
The purpose of this study was to establish the myxobacterial biodiversity of an established oak-hickory forest and a savanna restoration site that has been cut and subsequently burned on four occasions between 1993 and 1998 in an attempt to restore the land to the native savanna ecosystem. Soil and bark samples were processed through standard methods specifically for myxobacteria and numbers and types of species were recorded for both locations. Species were identified through morphology of fruiting bodies, SDS-PAGE of whole cell protein profiles, and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Statistical analyses were employed and suggested that significantly greater numbers and types of myxobacteria are present on the bark of the trees in the established oak-hickory forest than the bark of trees in the savanna restoration site, while little difference in numbers and types of species were observed between the soil samples of the two locations.
Neil
R Brock
RB
Science Division, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri 63501, USA. ryan-neil@uiowa.edu
Hite
Dan
D
Kelrick
Michael I
MI
Lockhart
Michael L
ML
Lee
Keesoo
K
D001483:Base Sequence; D044822:Biodiversity; D031325:Carya / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008923:Missouri; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009231:Myxococcales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D029963:Quercus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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