Microbial communities associated with barley growing in oil sands reclamation area in Alberta, Canada.

Microbial communities that colonize plant rhizosphere and the root interior can ameliorate plant stress and promote growth. These plant-microbe associations are being investigated to assist in reclamation soils in northern Alberta. This study assessed the diversity of bacterial species associated with barley plants growing at different cover managements and slope positions in an oil sands reclamation area. Microbial communities assessed by phospholipid fatty-acid analysis (PLFA) indicated that both cover type and slope, in addition to soil total and organic carbon, NHThe accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author