Forest-to-Pasture Conversion Increases the Diversity of the Phylum Verrucomicrobia in Amazon Rainforest Soils.

Forest-to-Pasture Conversion Increases the Diversity of the Phylum Verrucomicrobia in Amazon Rainforest Soils.

The Amazon rainforest is well known for its rich plant and animal diversity, but its bacterial diversity is virtually unexplored. Due to ongoing and widespread deforestation followed by conversion to agriculture, there is an urgent need to quantify the soil biological diversity within this tropical...

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Main Authors: Kshitij eRanjan, Fabiana ePaula, Rebecca eMueller, Ederson eJesus, Karina eCenciani, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, Klaus eNüsslein, Jorge L.M. Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Microbial biodiversity
land use change
Tropical Forest
habitat filtering
Biotic homogenization
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00779/full

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