Microbial transport, survival, and succession in a sequence of buried sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 336-348

  Kieft, T L ^a   Murphy, E M ^b   Haldeman, D L ^c   Amy, P S ^c   Bjornstad, B N ^b   McDonald, E V ^d,i   Ringelberg, D B ^e,j   White, D C ^e   Stair, J ^e   Griffiths, R P ^f   Gsell, T C ^g   Holben, W E ^g   Boone, D R ^h  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ASSAY; FATTY ACID; MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032426552     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900120     Document Type: Article

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