Molecular microbial diversity in soils from eastern Amazonia: Evidence for unusual microorganisms and microbial population shifts associated with deforestation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2647-2653

  Borneman, James ^a   Triplett, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DEFORESTATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FAUNA; FLORA; FOREST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROFLORA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030860238     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2647-2653.1997     Document Type: Article

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