Elevated carbon dioxide alters the structure of soil microbial communities.
Pyrosequencing analysis of 16S rRNA genes was used to examine impacts of elevated CO(2) (eCO(2)) on soil microbial communities from 12 replicates each from ambient CO(2) (aCO(2)) and eCO(2) settings. The results suggest that the soil microbial community composition and structure significantly altered under conditions of eCO(2), which was closely associated with soil and plant properties.
Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
Ye
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Deng
Zhili
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He
Meiying
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Xu
Yujia
Y
Qin
Joy D
JD
Van Nostrand
Liyou
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Wu
Bruce A
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Roe
Graham
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Wiley
Sarah E
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Hobbie
Peter B
PB
Reich
Jizhong
J
Zhou
D058448:Biota; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002245:Carbon Dioxide