Pyrosequencing-based assessment of bacterial community structure along different management types in German forest and grassland soils.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soil bacteria are important drivers for nearly all biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems and participate in most nutrient transformations in soil. In contrast to the importance of soil bacteria for ecosystem functioning, we understand little how different management types affect the soil bacterial community composition.

Methodology/principal findings

We used pyrosequencing-based analysis of the V2-V3 16S rRNA gene region to identify changes in bacterial diversity and community structure in nine forest and nine grassland soils from the Schwäbische Alb that covered six different management types. The dataset comprised 598,962 sequences that were affiliated to the domain Bacteria. The number of classified sequences per sample ranged from 23,515 to 39,259. B

SUBMITTER: Nacke H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3040199 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature