Habitat heterogeneity and connectivity shape microbial communities in South American peatlands

Bacteria play critical roles in peatland ecosystems. However, very little is known of how habitat heterogeneity affects the structure of the bacterial communities in these ecosystems. Here, we used amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA and nifH genes to investigate phylogenetic diversity and bacterial...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oloo, Felix, Valverde, Angel, Quiroga, María Victoria, Vikram, Surendra, Cowan, Don, Mataloni, Gabriela
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861955/