Although researchers have begun cataloging the incredible diversity of bacteria found in
soil, we are largely unable to interpret this information in an ecological context, including …

Bacterial communities are important for the health and productivity of soil ecosystems and
have great potential as novel indicators of environmental perturbations. To assess how they …

Soils harbor enormously diverse bacterial populations, and soil bacterial communities can
vary greatly in composition across space. However, our understanding of the specific …

Background, aim and scope Biodiversity has been defined as the total number of species
present, ie species richness or species abundance, and the distribution of individuals …

For centuries, biologists have studied patterns of plant and animal diversity at continental
scales. Until recently, similar studies were impossible for microorganisms, arguably the most …

Microbes are the most diverse group of soil organisms, yet very little is known about them.
Until recently, research has focused on those organisms that are culturable; however, a …

The bacterial community composition in soil and rhizosphere taken from arable field sites,
differing in soil parent material and soil texture, was analyzed using terminal restriction …

We used rarefaction curve analysis and diversity ordering-based approaches to rank the 11
most frequently encountered bacterial lineages in soil according to diversity in 5 previously …

To begin defining the key determinants that drive microbial community structure in soil, we
examined 29 soil samples from four geographically distinct locations taken from the surface …

Biogeographic patterns in soil bacterial communities and their responses to environmental
variables are well established, yet little is known about how different types of agricultural …