Analysis of microbial community functional diversity using sole-carbon-source utilisation profiles - A critique

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Preston Mafham, Juliet ^a   Boddy, Lynne ^a   Randerson, Peter F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BIOLOG; Community level physiological profile (CLPP); Metabolic diversity; Microtitre plate; Substrate induced respiration (SIR)

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

FUNCTIONAL ROLE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBON SOURCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036804360     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00324-0     Document Type: Review

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