Publications [#231091] of Rytas J. Vilgalys

Papers Published

1. Hartman, WH; Richardson, CJ; Vilgalys, R; Bruland, GL, Environmental and anthropogenic controls over bacterial communities in wetland soils., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 105 no. 46 (November, 2008), pp. 17842-17847, ISSN 1091-6490 [19004771], [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/02/01)

   Abstract:
   Soil bacteria regulate wetland biogeochemical processes, yet little is known about controls over their distribution and abundance. Bacteria in North Carolina swamps and bogs differ greatly from Florida Everglades fens, where communities studied were unexpectedly similar along a nutrient enrichment gradient. Bacterial composition and diversity corresponded strongly with soil pH, land use, and restoration status, but less to nutrient concentrations, and not with wetland type or soil carbon. Surprisingly, wetland restoration decreased bacterial diversity, a response opposite to that in terrestrial ecosystems. Community level patterns were underlain by responses of a few taxa, especially the Acidobacteria and Proteobacteria, suggesting promise for bacterial indicators of restoration and trophic status.

   Keywords:
   Bacteria • Fresh Water • Humans • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration • Molecular Sequence Data • North Carolina • Phylogeny • Principal Component Analysis • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S • Soil Microbiology* • Soil* • Wetlands* • classification • genetics • genetics*