Distinctive tropical forest variants have unique soil microbial communities, but not always low microbial diversity

Distinctive tropical forest variants have unique soil microbial communities, but not always low microbial diversity

There has been little study of whether different variants of tropical rainforest have distinct soil microbial communities and levels of diversity. We compared bacterial and fungal community composition and diversity between primary mixed dipterocarp, secondary mixed dipterocarp, white sand heath, in...

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Main Authors: Binu M Tripathi, Woojin eSong, J. W. Ferry eSlik, Rahayu S Sukri, Salwana eJaafar, Ke eDong, Jonathan M Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Biodiversity
microbial communities
soil pH
tropical rainforest
southeast asia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00376/full

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