Total bacterial diversity in soil and sediment communities - A review

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 170-178

  Torsvik, V ^a   Sorheim R ^b   Goksoyr J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Diversity; Perturbation; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0030497690     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01574690     Document Type: Review

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