Primary succession of nitrogen cycling microbial communities along the deglaciated forelands of Tianshan Mountain, China

Structural succession and its driving factors for nitrogen (N) cycling microbial communities during the early stages of soil development (0 to 44 years) were studied along a chronosequence in the glacial forelands of the Tianshan Mountain No.1 glacier in the arid and semi-arid region of central Asia...

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Main Authors: Jun Zeng, Kai Lou, Cui-Jing Zhang, Jun-Tao Wang, Hang-Wei Hu, Ju-Pei Shen, Li-Mei Zhang, Li-Li Han, Tao Zhang, Qin Lin, Phillip M Chalk, Jim He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01353/full