Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Aanderud, Zachary T., Saurey, Sabrina, Ball, Becky A., Wall, Diana H., Barrett, John E., Muscarella, Mario E., Griffin, Natasha A., Virginia, Ross A., Adams, Byron J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: Microbiology; Antarctic; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037766/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018601; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01401

Imbalances in C:N:P supply ratios may cause bacterial resource limitations and constrain biogeochemical processes, but the importance of shifts in soil stoichiometry are complicated by the nearly limitless interactions between an immensely rich species pool and a multiple chemical resource forms. To...