Rapid Method of Determining Factors Limiting Bacterial Growth in Soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1830-1838

  Alden L ^a   Demoling, F ^a   Baath E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; THYMIDINE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THYMIDINE; TREES;

EID: 0035318739     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1830-1838.2001     Document Type: Article

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