Spatial and temporal variation of archaeal, bacterial and fungal communities in agricultural soils.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soil microbial communities are in constant change at many different temporal and spatial scales. However, the importance of these changes to the turnover of the soil microbial communities has been rarely studied simultaneously in space and time.

Methodology/principal findings

In this study, we explored the temporal and spatial responses of soil bacterial, archaeal and fungal β-diversities to abiotic parameters. Taking into account data from a 3-year sampling period, we analyzed the abundances and community structures of Archaea, Bacteria and Fungi along with key soil chemical parameters. We questioned how these abiotic variables influence the turnover of bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities and how they impact the long-term patterns of changes of the aforeme

SUBMITTER: Pereira e Silva MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3527478 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature