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influence the resistance and resilience of key soil microbial functional groups following a model disturbance. Environ Microbiol
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Wertz S, Poly F, Le Roux X, Degrange V (2008) Development and
application of a PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis tool to
study the diversity of Nitrobacter-like nxrA sequences in soil.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 63:261–271
Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Wiebe WJ (1998) Prokaryotes: the unseen
majority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:6578–6583
Whittaker RH (1972) Evolution and measurement of species diversity.
Taxon 21:213–251
Widmer F, Rasche F, Hartmann M, Fliessbach A (2006) Community
structures and substrate utilization of bacteria in soils from organic
and conventional farming systems of the DOK long-term field
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Wilcox BA (1984) In situ conservation of genetic resources:
determinants of minimum area requirements. In: McNeely JA,
Miller KR (eds) National parks, conservation and development:
the role of protected areas in sustaining society. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp 639–647
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Williamson SJ et al (2008) The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling
Expedition: metagenomic characterization of viruses within aquatic
microbial samples. PLoS One 3:e1456
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Washington, DC
Wirth T, Wang X, Linz B, Novick RP, Lum JK, Blaser M, Morelli G,
Falush D, Achtman M (2004) Distinguishing human ethnic groups
by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori: lessons from
Ladakh. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:4746–4751
Yelenik S, Perakis S, Hibbs D (2013) Regional constraints to biological
nitrogen fixation in post-fire forest communities. Ecology 94:739–750
Yepremian C, Gugger MF, Briand E, Catherine A, Berger C, Quiblier
C, Bernard C (2007) Microcystin ecotypes in a perennial
Planktothrix agardhii bloom. Water Res 41:4446–4456
Zani S, Mellon MT, Collier JL, Zehr JP (2000) Expression of nifH
genes in natural microbial assemblages in Lake George, New York,
detected by reverse transcriptase PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol
66:3119–3124
Zehr JP, McReynolds LA (1989) Use of degenerate oligonucleotides for amplification of the nifH gene from the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium thiebautii. Appl Environ Microbiol
55:2522–2526
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carboxylase/oxygenase: a molecule for phylogenetic and
enzymological investigation. FEMS Microbiol Lett 146:13–22
Webster G, Embley TM, Freitag TE, Smith Z, Prosser JI (2005) Links
between ammonia oxidizer species composition, functional diversity and nitrification kinetics in grassland soils. Environ Microbiol
7:676–684
Wertz S, Degrange V, Prosser JI, Poly F, Commeaux C, Guillaumaud
N, Le Roux X (2007) Decline of soil microbial diversity does not
influence the resistance and resilience of key soil microbial functional groups following a model disturbance. Environ Microbiol
9:2211–2219
Wertz S, Poly F, Le Roux X, Degrange V (2008) Development and
application of a PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis tool to
study the diversity of Nitrobacter-like nxrA sequences in soil.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 63:261–271
Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Wiebe WJ (1998) Prokaryotes: the unseen
majority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:6578–6583
Whittaker RH (1972) Evolution and measurement of species diversity.
Taxon 21:213–251
Widmer F, Rasche F, Hartmann M, Fliessbach A (2006) Community
structures and substrate utilization of bacteria in soils from organic
and conventional farming systems of the DOK long-term field
experiment. Appl Soil Ecol 33:294–307
Wilcox BA (1984) In situ conservation of genetic resources:
determinants of minimum area requirements. In: McNeely JA,
Miller KR (eds) National parks, conservation and development:
the role of protected areas in sustaining society. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp 639–647
Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Rønn R, Brand TB, Wiuf C, Barnes I,
Gilichinsky DA, Mitchell D, Cooper A (2004) Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA. Curr Biol 14:R9–R10
Williamson SJ et al (2008) The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling
Expedition: metagenomic characterization of viruses within aquatic
microbial samples. PLoS One 3:e1456
Wilson EO (1988) Biodiversity. National Academy Press,
Washington, DC
Wirth T, Wang X, Linz B, Novick RP, Lum JK, Blaser M, Morelli G,
Falush D, Achtman M (2004) Distinguishing human ethnic groups
by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori: lessons from
Ladakh. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:4746–4751
Yelenik S, Perakis S, Hibbs D (2013) Regional constraints to biological
nitrogen fixation in post-fire forest communities. Ecology 94:739–750
Yepremian C, Gugger MF, Briand E, Catherine A, Berger C, Quiblier
C, Bernard C (2007) Microcystin ecotypes in a perennial
Planktothrix agardhii bloom. Water Res 41:4446–4456
Zani S, Mellon MT, Collier JL, Zehr JP (2000) Expression of nifH
genes in natural microbial assemblages in Lake George, New York,
detected by reverse transcriptase PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol
66:3119–3124
Zehr JP, McReynolds LA (1989) Use of degenerate oligonucleotides for amplification of the nifH gene from the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium thiebautii. Appl Environ Microbiol
55:2522–2526
8 Biodiversity and Microbial Ecosystems Functioning
291