Microbial functional potential and community composition in permafrost-affected soils of the NW Canadian Arctic

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Frank-Fahle, Beatrice A., Yergeau, Etienne, Greer, Charles W., Lantuit, Hugues, Wagner, Dirk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PLOS 2014
• Subjects: carbon; nitrogen; RNA 16S; amplicon; Archean; arctic tundra; bacterial gene; Candida antarctica; carbon cycling; climate change; environmental factor; gene function; gene identification; genetic heterogeneity; geographic distribution; microbial community; molecular dynamics; nitrogen cycling; permafrost; polymerase chain reaction; quantitative analysis; sequence analysis; soil analysis; species composition; species diversity; species richness; Arctic Regions; Cold Temperature; Soil Microbiology; Arctic; Herschel Island; Yukon; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Global warming; Herschel; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084761; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=4075dadb-2699-44b2-a0c2-d2413a664cbc; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=4075dadb-2699-44b2-a0c2-d2413a664cbc

Permafrost-affected soils are among the most obvious ecosystems in which current microbial controls on organic matter decomposition are changing as a result of global warming. Warmer conditions in polygonal tundra will lead to a deepening of the seasonal active layer, provoking changes in microbial...