dc.contributor.author |
Hermans, Syrie |
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dc.contributor.author |
Buckley, HL |
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dc.contributor.author |
Case, BS |
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dc.contributor.author |
Curran-Cournane, F |
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dc.contributor.author |
Taylor, M |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lear, Gavin |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-09T04:09:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-05 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83(1):13 pages Article number e02826-16 May 2017 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0099-2240 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/32822 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Bacterial communities are important for the health and productivity of soil ecosystems and have great potential as novel indicators of environmental perturbations. To assess how they are affected by anthropogenic activity and to determine their ability to provide alternative metrics of environmental health, we sought to define which soil variables bacteria respond to across multiple soil types and land uses. We determined, through 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, the composition of bacterial communities in soil samples from 110 natural or human-impacted sites, located up to 300 km apart. Overall, soil bacterial communities varied more in response to changing soil environments than in response to changes in climate or increasing geographic distance. We identified strong correlations between the relative abundances of members of Pirellulaceae and soil pH, members of Gaiellaceae and carbon-to-nitrogen ratios, members of Bradyrhizobium and the levels of Olsen P (a measure of plant available phosphorus), and members of Chitinophagaceae and aluminum concentrations. These relationships between specific soil attributes and individual soil taxa not only highlight ecological characteristics of these organisms but also demonstrate the ability of key bacterial taxonomic groups to reflect the impact of specific anthropogenic activities, even in comparisons of samples across large geographic areas and diverse soil types. Overall, we provide strong evidence that there is scope to use relative taxon abundances as biological indicators of soil condition. |
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dc.publisher |
American Society for Microbiology |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Bacteria as emerging indicators of soil condition |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1128/AEM.02826-16 |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.volume |
83 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: American Society for Microbiology |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
27793827 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published online |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
608787 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Biological Sciences |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1098-5336 |
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pubs.number |
e02826-16 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-05-09 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2016-10-28 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
27793827 |
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