Molecular and functional diversity in soil micro-organisms

Plant and Soil

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 9-17

  Prosser, James I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodiversity; Functional diversity; Fungi; Molecular ecology; Ribosomal RNA; rRNA; Soil; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036657564     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020208100281     Document Type: Article

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