Stable-isotope probing as a tool in microbial ecology

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6770, 2000, Pages 646-649

  Radajewski, Stefan ^a   Ineson, Philip ^b,c   Parekh, Nisha R ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECOLOGY; METHANOL; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBIOTA; PHYLO; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034628432     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001054     Document Type: Article

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