Exploring Microbial Diversity--A Vast Below

By Thomas P. Curtis, William T. Sloan. Science, 2005

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Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance (2009, background): “The diversity of Prokaryotes in soil has been estimated to be about three orders of magnitude larger than in all other environmental compartments of the Earth’s ecosystems combined (Curtis et al. 2002; Crawford et al. 2005; Curtis and Sloan 2005).”
Current overview on the study of bacteria in the rhizosphere by modern molecular techniques: a mini‒review (2015, background): “A gram of rhizosphere soil might contain around 109 microbial units and 106 distinct taxa (Torsvik et al., 2002; Curtis and Sloan, 2005).”
Culture-independent molecular techniques for soil microbial ecology (2010, background): “…hampered by the heterogeneity of the soil composition, the vast numbers (c. 109 individual cells) and diversity (>106 distinct taxa) of microorganisms present in each gram of soil (Curtis and Sloan, 2005; Gans et al., 2005), and the paucity of knowledge concerning the majority of the microbiota.”
Microbial Biogeography: Patterns in Microbial Diversity across Space and Time (2008, unknown): “sample (Figure 2) making it difficult to accurately estimate the total taxonomic richness (Curtis and Sloan, 2005; Curtis et al., 2002; Hughes et al., 2001).”
The potential of symptomless potted plants for carrying invasive soilborne plant pathogens (2015, background): “One gram of soil is estimated to contain more than 1000 prokaryotes (Curtis & Sloan, 2005) and approximately 1000 gigabase pairs of microbial genome sequences (Vogel et al., 2009).”
Soil health in agricultural systems (2008, background): “The genetic structure of the soil biomass, particularly at the prokaryotic level, is remarkably complex (Curtis & Stoan 2005 ).”
Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives (2016, background): “The question of what part of genetic diversity estimates is directly linked and shaped by present ecological conditions and what fraction is shaped by population and interspecies interactions with time remains a central challenge for modern microbial ecology (Curtis and Sloan, 2005; Martiny et al., ”
Soil microbiome: a key player for conservation of soil health under changing climate (2019, background): “Microbes have a myriad of functions, and they play an imperative role in sustainability and biogeochemical cycling (Curtis and Sloan 2005).”