Two additional papers that are featured in this Research Topic are published in Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology. Valentin et al. (2014) explore relationships of fungal diversity and respiration rates of decomposing wood. And, using metatranscriptomics to investigate microbial activities in thawing permafrost, Coolen and Orsi (2015) demonstrate a potential link between bacteria carrying out acetogenesis and methanogenesis.
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References
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CoolenM. J. L.OrsiW. D. (2015). The transcriptional response of microbial communities in thawing Alaskan permafrost soils. Front. Microbiol.6:197. 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00197
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ValentinL.RajalaT.PeltoniemiM.PannanenT.HeinonsaloJ.MäkipääR. (2014). Loss of diversity in wood-inhabiting fungal communities affects decomposition activity in Norway spruce wood. Front. Microbiol.5:230. 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00230
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Keywords
metatranscirptomics, permafrost, fungi, decomposition, diversity
Citation
Bernhard AE and Kelly JJ (2016) Addendum: Editorial: Linking Ecosystem Function to Microbial Diversity. Front. Microbiol. 7:1299. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01299
Received
05 August 2016
Accepted
08 August 2016
Published
22 August 2016
Volume
7 - 2016
Edited and reviewed by
Lisa Y. Stein, University of Alberta, Canada
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*Correspondence: Anne E. Bernhard anne.bernhard@conncoll.edu
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