Determinants of soil microbial communities: Effects of agricultural management, season, and soil type on phospholipid fatty acid profiles

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Bossio, D A ^a   Scow, K M ^a   Gunapala, N ^a   Graham, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FERTILIZER; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID; SEASON; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 0031864898     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900087     Document Type: Article

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