Who is out there? Microbial aspects of biodiversity

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biodiversity; Microbial diversity; Species number estimates

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034018128     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80039-9     Document Type: Article

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