Actinomycetes in hypogean environments

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Groth, Ingrid ^a   Saiz Jimenez, C ^b  

^a BIOMATERIALS DEPARTMENT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Caves; Crypts; Streptomyces; Tombs

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; FUNGUS;

ACTINOMYCETES; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0033030280     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904599270703     Document Type: Article

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