A New Approach to Numerical Analyses of Microbial Quinone Profiles in the Environment

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Iwasaki, Mitsuru ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Microbial community; Numerical analysis; Quinone profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001822455     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.13.67     Document Type: Article

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