Community level physiological profile of soil bacteria unaffected by extraction method

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Mayr, C ^a,b   Winding, A ^a   Hendriksen, N B ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

BIOLOG; Culturability; Extraction; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033135813     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00008-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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