Statistical comparisons of community catabolic profiles

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-80

  Glimm, Ekkehard ^a   Heuer, Holger ^b   Engelen, Bert ^b   Smalla, Kornelia ^b   Backhaus, Horst ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

BIOLOG system; Catabolic profiling; Microbial community; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0030885433     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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