Terrestrial Isopods Porcellio scaber and Oniscus asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda) Increase Bacterial Abundance and Modify Microbial Community Structure in Leaf Litter Microcosms: a Short-Term Decomposition Study
Lauren E. Des Marteaux, Sigrun A. Kullik, Marc Habash, Jonathan M. Schmidt
Topics & Concepts
BiologyIsopodaTemperature gradient gel electrophoresisMicrocosmPlant litterMicrobial population biologyEcologyLitterBotanyEcosystemCrustaceanBacteriaGenetics16S ribosomal RNAInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesNematode management and characterization studies