Identification of bacterial micropredators distinctively active in a soil microbial food web.
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SUBMITTER: Lueders T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1538704 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug
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Identification of bacterial micropredators distinctively active in a soil microbial food web.
Lueders Tillmann T Kindler Reimo R Miltner Anja A Friedrich Michael W MW Kaestner Matthias M
Applied and environmental microbiology 20060801 8
The understanding of microbial interactions and trophic networks is a prerequisite for the elucidation of the turnover and transformation of organic materials in soils. To elucidate the incorporation of biomass carbon into a soil microbial food web, we added 13C-labeled Escherichia coli biomass to an agricultural soil and identified those indigenous microbes that were specifically active in its mineralization and carbon sequestration. rRNA stable isotope probing (SIP) revealed that uncultivated ...[more]
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