The bacterial community inhabiting temperate deciduous forests is vertically stratified and undergoes seasonal dynamics

0455439 - MBÚ 2016 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
López-Mondejár, Rubén - Voříšková, Jana - Větrovský, Tomáš - Baldrian, Petr
The bacterial community inhabiting temperate deciduous forests is vertically stratified and undergoes seasonal dynamics.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Roč. 87, č. 1 (2015), s. 43-50. ISSN 0038-0717
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EE2.3.30.0003; GA MŠMT(CZ) ED1.1.00/02.0109; GA MŠMT LD12048; GA MŠMT LD12050
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : Bacterial community * Deciduous forest * Forest soil
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
Impact factor: 4.152, year: 2015

Bacterial communities living in forest soils contribute to the decomposition of organic matter and the recycling of nutrients in these ecosystems and form one of the most diverse habitats on Earth. Unfortunately, due to difficulty in culturing soil bacteria, the understanding of their ecology is still limited. In the case of temperate deciduous forests, soil microbial communities face large seasonal variations in environmental conditions, such as temperature or moisture. Moreover, the supply of nutrients also differs due to seasonal processes, such as the allocation of photosynthates into soil by the roots of primary producers or the seasonal input of fresh litter. The aim of this study was to reveal how the bacterial community responds to these seasonal processes in the litter and soil of a Quercus petraea forest. Bacterial communities from litter and from the organic and mineral horizons of soil were analyzed during the four seasons of the year by 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing.
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