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Steve Schmidt

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
DepartmentEcology & Evolutionary Biology
Phone303/492-6248

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    1. Brigham LM, Bueno de Mesquita CP, Spasojevic MJ, Farrer EC, Porazinska DL, Smith JG, Schmidt SK, Suding KN. Drivers of bacterial and fungal root endophyte communities: understanding the relative influence of host plant, environment, and space. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2023 04 07; 99(5). PMID: 36965868.
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    2. McQueen JP, Gattoni K, Gendron EMS, Schmidt SK, Sommers P, Porazinska DL. Host identity is the dominant factor in the assembly of nematode and tardigrade gut microbiomes in Antarctic Dry Valley streams. Sci Rep. 2022 11 29; 12(1):20118. PMID: 36446870.
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    3. Vimercati L, Bueno de Mesquita CP, Johnson BW, Mineart D, DeForce E, Vimercati Molano Y, Ducklow H, Schmidt SK. Dynamic trophic shifts in bacterial and eukaryotic communities during the first 30 years of microbial succession following retreat of an Antarctic glacier. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2022 Nov 22; 98(12). PMID: 36251461.
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    4. Luecke NC, de Mesquita CPB, Luong M, Schmidt SK, Suding KN, Crawford KM. Causes and consequences of differences in soil and seed microbiomes for two alpine plants. Oecologia. 2022 Dec; 200(3-4):385-396. PMID: 36224498.
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    5. Lim MCW, Seimon A, Nightingale B, Xu CCY, Halloy SRP, Solon AJ, Dragone NB, Schmidt SK, Tait A, Elvin S, Elmore AC, Seimon TA. Estimating biodiversity across the tree of life on Mount Everest's southern flank with environmental DNA. iScience. 2022 Sep 16; 25(9):104848. PMID: 36148432.
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    6. Steppan SJ, Bowen T, Bangs MR, Farson M, Storz JF, Quiroga-Carmona M, D'El?a G, Vimercati L, Dorador Ortiz C, Zimmerman G, Schmidt SK. Evidence of a population of leaf-eared mice Phyllotis vaccarum above 6,000 m in the Andes and a survey of high-elevation mammals. J Mammal. 2022 Aug; 103(4):776-785. PMID: 36118797.
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    7. Vincent K, Holland-Moritz H, Solon AJ, Gendron EMS, Schmidt SK. Crossing Treeline: Bacterioplankton Communities of Alpine and Subalpine Rocky Mountain Lakes. Front Microbiol. 2021; 12:533121. PMID: 35046907.
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    8. Reider KE, Schmidt SK. Vicu?a dung gardens at the edge of the cryosphere: Reply. Ecology. 2022 Feb; 103(2):e03579. PMID: 34719020.
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    9. Brigham LM, Bueno de Mesquita CP, Smith JG, Sartwell SA, Schmidt SK, Suding KN. Do plant-soil interactions influence how the microbial community responds to environmental change? Ecology. 2022 01; 103(1):e03554. PMID: 34622953.
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    10. Rozwalak P, Podkowa P, Buda J, Niedzielski P, Kawecki S, Ambrosini R, Azzoni RS, Baccolo G, Ceballos JL, Cook J, Di Mauro B, Ficetola GF, Franzetti A, Ignatiuk D, Klimaszyk P, Lokas E, Ono M, Parnikoza I, Pietryka M, Pittino F, Poniecka E, Porazinska DL, Richter D, Schmidt SK, Sommers P, Souza-Kasprzyk J, Stibal M, Szczucinski W, Uetake J, Wejnerowski L, Yde JC, Takeuchi N, Zawierucha K. Cryoconite - From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Feb 10; 807(Pt 2):150874. PMID: 34627905.
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    11. Reider KE, Schmidt SK. Vicu?a dung gardens at the edge of the cryosphere. Ecology. 2021 02; 102(2):e03228. PMID: 33098659.
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    12. Sommers P, Porazinska DL, Darcy JL, Gendron EMS, Vimercati L, Solon AJ, Schmidt SK. Microbial Species-Area Relationships in Antarctic Cryoconite Holes Depend on Productivity. Microorganisms. 2020 Nov 07; 8(11). PMID: 33171740.
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    13. Vimercati L, Bueno de Mesquita CP, Schmidt SK. Limited Response of Indigenous Microbes to Water and Nutrient Pulses in High-Elevation Atacama Soils: Implications for the Cold-Dry Limits of Life on Earth. Microorganisms. 2020 Jul 16; 8(7). PMID: 32708721.
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    14. Bueno de Mesquita CP, Sartwell SA, Schmidt SK, Suding KN. Growing-season length and soil microbes influence the performance of a generalist bunchgrass beyond its current range. Ecology. 2020 09; 101(9):e03095. PMID: 32380574.
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    15. Darcy JL, Washburne AD, Robeson MS, Prest T, Schmidt SK, Lozupone CA. A phylogenetic model for the recruitment of species into microbial communities and application to studies of the human microbiome. ISME J. 2020 06; 14(6):1359-1368. PMID: 32076128.
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    16. Farrer EC, Porazinska DL, Spasojevic MJ, King AJ, Bueno de Mesquita CP, Sartwell SA, Smith JG, White CT, Schmidt SK, Suding KN. Soil Microbial Networks Shift Across a High-Elevation Successional Gradient. Front Microbiol. 2019; 10:2887. PMID: 31921064.
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    17. Sommers P, Fontenele RS, Kringen T, Kraberger S, Porazinska DL, Darcy JL, Schmidt SK, Varsani A. Single-Stranded DNA Viruses in Antarctic Cryoconite Holes. Viruses. 2019 11 04; 11(11). PMID: 31689942.
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    18. Gendron EMS, Darcy JL, Hell K, Schmidt SK. Structure of bacterial and eukaryote communities reflect in situ controls on community assembly in a high-alpine lake. J Microbiol. 2019 Oct; 57(10):852-864. PMID: 31376109.
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    19. Vimercati L, Darcy JL, Schmidt SK. The disappearing periglacial ecosystem atop Mt. Kilimanjaro supports both cosmopolitan and endemic microbial communities. Sci Rep. 2019 07 23; 9(1):10676. PMID: 31337772.
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    20. Schmidt SK, Vimercati L. Growth of cyanobacterial soil crusts during diurnal freeze-thaw cycles. J Microbiol. 2019 Apr; 57(4):243-251. PMID: 30721458.
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    21. Sommers P, Darcy JL, Porazinska DL, Gendron EMS, Fountain AG, Zamora F, Vincent K, Cawley KM, Solon AJ, Vimercati L, Ryder J, Schmidt SK. Comparison of Microbial Communities in the Sediments and Water Columns of Frozen Cryoconite Holes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Front Microbiol. 2019; 10:65. PMID: 30778338.
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    22. Bueno de Mesquita CP, Martinez Del R?o CM, Suding KN, Schmidt SK. Rapid temporal changes in root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and fine root endophytes, not dark septate endophytes, track plant activity and environment in an alpine ecosystem. Mycorrhiza. 2018 Nov; 28(8):717-726. PMID: 30141076.
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    23. Porazinska DL, Farrer EC, Spasojevic MJ, Bueno de Mesquita CP, Sartwell SA, Smith JG, White CT, King AJ, Suding KN, Schmidt SK. Plant diversity and density predict belowground diversity and function in an early successional alpine ecosystem. Ecology. 2018 09; 99(9):1942-1952. PMID: 30024640.
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    24. Darcy JL, Schmidt SK, Knelman JE, Cleveland CC, Castle SC, Nemergut DR. Phosphorus, not nitrogen, limits plants and microbial primary producers following glacial retreat. Sci Adv. 2018 05; 4(5):eaaq0942. PMID: 29806022.
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    25. Schmidt SK, Gendron EMS, Vincent K, Solon AJ, Sommers P, Schubert ZR, Vimercati L, Porazinska DL, Darcy JL, Sowell P. Life at extreme elevations on Atacama volcanoes: the closest thing to Mars on Earth? Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2018 Aug; 111(8):1389-1401. PMID: 29557533.
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    26. Buscardo E, Geml J, Schmidt SK, Freitas H, da Cunha HB, Nagy L. Spatio-temporal dynamics of soil bacterial communities as a function of Amazon forest phenology. Sci Rep. 2018 03 12; 8(1):4382. PMID: 29531240.
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    27. Knelman JE, Graham EB, Prev?y JS, Robeson MS, Kelly P, Hood E, Schmidt SK. Interspecific Plant Interactions Reflected in Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Nitrogen Cycling in Primary Succession. Front Microbiol. 2018; 9:128. PMID: 29467741.
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    28. Sommers P, Darcy JL, Gendron EMS, Stanish LF, Bagshaw EA, Porazinska DL, Schmidt SK. Diversity patterns of microbial eukaryotes mirror those of bacteria in Antarctic cryoconite holes. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2018 01 01; 94(1). PMID: 29228256.
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    29. Castle SC, Sullivan BW, Knelman J, Hood E, Nemergut DR, Schmidt SK, Cleveland CC. Nutrient limitation of soil microbial activity during the earliest stages of ecosystem development. Oecologia. 2017 11; 185(3):513-524. PMID: 28983721.
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    30. Darcy JL, King AJ, Gendron EMS, Schmidt SK. Spatial autocorrelation of microbial communities atop a debris-covered glacier is evidence of a supraglacial chronosequence. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2017 08 01; 93(8). PMID: 28830070.
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    31. Schmidt SK, Vimercati L, Darcy JL, Ar?n P, Gendron EMS, Solon AJ, Porazinska D, Dorador C. A Naganishia in high places: functioning populations or dormant cells from the atmosphere? Mycology. 2017; 8(3):153-163. PMID: 30123637.
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    32. Schmidt SK, Darcy JL, Sommers P, Gunawan E, Knelman JE, Yager K. Freeze-thaw revival of rotifers and algae in a desiccated, high-elevation (5500 meters) microbial mat, high Andes, Per?. Extremophiles. 2017 May; 21(3):573-580. PMID: 28321614.
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    33. Nemergut DR, Knelman JE, Ferrenberg S, Bilinski T, Melbourne B, Jiang L, Violle C, Darcy JL, Prest T, Schmidt SK, Townsend AR. Decreases in average bacterial community rRNA operon copy number during succession. ISME J. 2016 May; 10(5):1147-56. PMID: 26565722.
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    34. Lynch RC, Darcy JL, Kane NC, Nemergut DR, Schmidt SK. Metagenomic evidence for metabolism of trace atmospheric gases by high-elevation desert Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol. 2014; 5:698. PMID: 25566214.
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    35. Knelman JE, Schmidt SK, Lynch RC, Darcy JL, Castle SC, Cleveland CC, Nemergut DR. Nutrient addition dramatically accelerates microbial community succession. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e102609. PMID: 25050551.
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    36. Nemergut DR, Schmidt SK, Fukami T, O'Neill SP, Bilinski TM, Stanish LF, Knelman JE, Darcy JL, Lynch RC, Wickey P, Ferrenberg S. Patterns and processes of microbial community assembly. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2013 Sep; 77(3):342-56. PMID: 24006468.
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    37. King AJ, Farrer EC, Suding KN, Schmidt SK. Erratum: Cooccurrence patterns of plants and soil bacteria in the high-alpine subnival zone track environmental harshness. Front Microbiol. 2013; 4:239. PMID: 23970882.
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    38. Ferrenberg S, O'Neill SP, Knelman JE, Todd B, Duggan S, Bradley D, Robinson T, Schmidt SK, Townsend AR, Williams MW, Cleveland CC, Melbourne BA, Jiang L, Nemergut DR. Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance. ISME J. 2013 Jun; 7(6):1102-11. PMID: 23407312.
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    39. King AJ, Farrer EC, Suding KN, Schmidt SK. Co-occurrence patterns of plants and soil bacteria in the high-alpine subnival zone track environmental harshness. Front Microbiol. 2012; 3:347. PMID: 23087675.
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    40. Darcy JL, Lynch RC, King AJ, Robeson MS, Schmidt SK. Global distribution of Polaromonas phylotypes--evidence for a highly successful dispersal capacity. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e23742. PMID: 21897856.
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    41. Robeson MS, King AJ, Freeman KR, Birky CW, Martin AP, Schmidt SK. Soil rotifer communities are extremely diverse globally but spatially autocorrelated locally. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 15; 108(11):4406-10. PMID: 21368117.
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    42. Nemergut DR, Costello EK, Hamady M, Lozupone C, Jiang L, Schmidt SK, Fierer N, Townsend AR, Cleveland CC, Stanish L, Knight R. Global patterns in the biogeography of bacterial taxa. Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jan; 13(1):135-144. PMID: 21199253.
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    43. Schmidt SK, Lynch RC, King AJ, Karki D, Robeson MS, Nagy L, Williams MW, Mitter MS, Freeman KR. Phylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica. Proc Biol Sci. 2011 Mar 07; 278(1706):702-8. PMID: 20826485.
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    44. King AJ, Freeman KR, McCormick KF, Lynch RC, Lozupone C, Knight R, Schmidt SK. Biogeography and habitat modelling of high-alpine bacteria. Nat Commun. 2010 Aug 10; 1:53. PMID: 20975720.
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    45. Gleason FH, Schmidt SK, Marano AV. Can zoosporic true fungi grow or survive in extreme or stressful environments? Extremophiles. 2010 Sep; 14(5):417-25. PMID: 20640865.
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    46. Sattin SR, Cleveland CC, Hood E, Reed SC, King AJ, Schmidt SK, Robeson MS, Ascarrunz N, Nemergut DR. Functional shifts in unvegetated, perhumid, recently-deglaciated soils do not correlate with shifts in soil bacterial community composition. J Microbiol. 2009 Dec; 47(6):673-81. PMID: 20127458.
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    47. Robeson MS, Costello EK, Freeman KR, Whiting J, Adams B, Martin AP, Schmidt SK. Environmental DNA sequencing primers for eutardigrades and bdelloid rotifers. BMC Ecol. 2009 Dec 11; 9:25. PMID: 20003362.
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    48. Schmidt SK, Nemergut DR, Miller AE, Freeman KR, King AJ, Seimon A. Microbial activity and diversity during extreme freeze-thaw cycles in periglacial soils, 5400 m elevation, Cordillera Vilcanota, Per?. Extremophiles. 2009 Sep; 13(5):807-16. PMID: 19597697.
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    49. Freeman KR, Pescador MY, Reed SC, Costello EK, Robeson MS, Schmidt SK. Soil CO2 flux and photoautotrophic community composition in high-elevation, 'barren' soil. Environ Microbiol. 2009 Mar; 11(3):674-86. PMID: 19187281.
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    50. Schmidt SK, Reed SC, Nemergut DR, Grandy AS, Cleveland CC, Weintraub MN, Hill AW, Costello EK, Meyer AF, Neff JC, Martin AM. The earliest stages of ecosystem succession in high-elevation (5000 metres above sea level), recently deglaciated soils. Proc Biol Sci. 2008 Dec 22; 275(1653):2793-802. PMID: 18755677.
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    51. Costello EK, Halloy SR, Reed SC, Sowell P, Schmidt SK. Fumarole-supported islands of biodiversity within a hyperarid, high-elevation landscape on Socompa Volcano, Puna de Atacama, Andes. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Feb; 75(3):735-47. PMID: 19074608.
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    52. Nemergut DR, Townsend AR, Sattin SR, Freeman KR, Fierer N, Neff JC, Bowman WD, Schadt CW, Weintraub MN, Schmidt SK. The effects of chronic nitrogen fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling. Environ Microbiol. 2008 Nov; 10(11):3093-105. PMID: 18764871.
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    53. Nemergut DR, Robeson MS, Kysela RF, Martin AP, Schmidt SK, Knight R. Insights and inferences about integron evolution from genomic data. BMC Genomics. 2008 May 31; 9:261. PMID: 18513439.
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    54. Schmidt SK, Wilson KL, Meyer AF, Gebauer MM, King AJ. Phylogeny and ecophysiology of opportunistic "snow molds" from a subalpine forest ecosystem. Microb Ecol. 2008 Nov; 56(4):681-7. PMID: 18443847.
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    55. Weintraub MN, Scott-Denton LE, Schmidt SK, Monson RK. The effects of tree rhizodeposition on soil exoenzyme activity, dissolved organic carbon, and nutrient availability in a subalpine forest ecosystem. Oecologia. 2007 Nov; 154(2):327-38. PMID: 17657512.
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    56. Schmidt SK, Costello EK, Nemergut DR, Cleveland CC, Reed SC, Weintraub MN, Meyer AF, Martin AM. Biogeochemical consequences of rapid microbial turnover and seasonal succession in soil. Ecology. 2007 Jun; 88(6):1379-85. PMID: 17601130.
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    57. Nemergut DR, Anderson SP, Cleveland CC, Martin AP, Miller AE, Seimon A, Schmidt SK. Microbial community succession in an unvegetated, recently deglaciated soil. Microb Ecol. 2007 Jan; 53(1):110-22. PMID: 17186150.
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    58. Oline DK, Schmidt SK, Grant MC. Biogeography and landscape-scale diversity of the dominant Crenarchaeota of soil. Microb Ecol. 2006 Oct; 52(3):480-90. PMID: 16909343.
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    59. Costello EK, Schmidt SK. Microbial diversity in alpine tundra wet meadow soil: novel Chloroflexi from a cold, water-saturated environment. Environ Microbiol. 2006 Aug; 8(8):1471-86. PMID: 16872409.
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    60. Monson RK, Lipson DL, Burns SP, Turnipseed AA, Delany AC, Williams MW, Schmidt SK. Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition. Nature. 2006 Feb 09; 439(7077):711-4. PMID: 16467835.
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    61. Bardgett RD, Bowman WD, Kaufmann R, Schmidt SK. A temporal approach to linking aboveground and belowground ecology. Trends Ecol Evol. 2005 Nov; 20(11):634-41. PMID: 16701447.
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    62. Nemergut DR, Costello EK, Meyer AF, Pescador MY, Weintraub MN, Schmidt SK. Structure and function of alpine and arctic soil microbial communities. Res Microbiol. 2005 Aug; 156(7):775-84. PMID: 15922566.
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    63. Lipson DA, Schmidt SK. Seasonal changes in an alpine soil bacterial community in the colorado rocky mountains. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 May; 70(5):2867-79. PMID: 15128545.
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    64. Martin AP, Costello EK, Meyer AF, Nemergut DR, Schmidt SK. The rate and pattern of cladogenesis in microbes. Evolution. 2004 May; 58(5):946-55. PMID: 15212376.
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    65. Schadt CW, Martin AP, Lipson DA, Schmidt SK. Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils. Science. 2003 Sep 05; 301(5638):1359-61. PMID: 12958355.
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    66. Gonz?lez G, Ley RE, Schmidt SK, Zou X, Seastedt TR. Soil ecological interactions: comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests. Oecologia. 2001 Aug; 128(4):549-556. PMID: 28547400.
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    67. Brooks PD, Schmidt SK, Williams MW. Winter production of CO2 and N2O from alpine tundra: environmental controls and relationship to inter-system C and N fluxes. Oecologia. 1997 Apr; 110(3):403-413. PMID: 28307230.
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    68. Bowman WD, Schardt JC, Schmidt SK. Symbiotic N2-fixation in alpine tundra: ecosystem input and variation in fixation rates among communities. Oecologia. 1996 Oct; 108(2):345-350. PMID: 28307848.
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