Analysis of BIOLOG GN substrate utilization patterns by microbial communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1220-1225

  Smalla, Kornelia ^a   Wachtendorf, Ute ^a   Heuer, Holger ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^b,c   Forney, Larry ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIOLOG PLATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031977257     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1220-1225.1998     Document Type: Article

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