title: Protein and DNA fingerprinting of a soil bacterial community inoculated into three different sterile soils.
abstract: The functional and genetic structures of a soil bacterial community were characterized after inoculation into three different sterile soils using a protein and DNA fingerprinting method, respectively. Principal component analysis (PCA) of profiles revealed that, depending on soil characteristics, bacterial communities with similar genetic structures harbored different functional structures and thus could potentially be of differing ecological significance for soil functioning. Co-inertia analysis between protein fingerprinting data and the corresponding sets of soil physicochemical characteristics demonstrated the correlation between the functional structure of the bacterial community and soil parameters, with pH, clay and CaCO(3) contents being the most discriminating factors.
authors.affiliation: UMR Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, INRA/Université de Bourgogne, CMSE, BP 86510, 17 rue de Sully, Dijon cedex, France. pamaron@dijon.inra.fr
authors.forename: Pierre-Alain
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Maron
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maitre
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: David Pierre
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Henri Lejon
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ranjard
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012987:Soil