Aggregate Stratification Assessment of Soil Bacterial Communities and Organic Matter Composition: Coupling Pyrosequencing and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Techniques.

Marko Davinic1, Lisa M. Fultz1, Veronica Acosta-Martinez2, Francisco Calderon3, Vivien Allen1, Scot E. Dowd4 and Jennifer Moore-Kucera1, (1)Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, (2)Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (3)USDA-ARS, Akron, CO, (4)Research and Testing Laboratory, Lubbock, TX