Biogeographic distribution patterns of bacteria in typical Chinese forest soils

Microbes are widely distributed in soils and play a very important role in nutrient cycling and ecosystem services. To understand the biogeographic distribution of forest soil bacteria, we collected 115 soil samples in typical forest ecosystems across eastern China to investigate their bacterial com...

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Main Authors: Zongwei Xia, Edith Bai, Qingkui Wang, Decai Gao, Jidong Zhou, Ping Jiang, Jiabing Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01106/full