Enumeration and metabolic product profiles of the anaerobic microflora in the mineral soil and litter of a beech forest

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-103

  Küsel, Kirsten ^a   Wagner, Christine ^a   Drake, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate; Acetogenesis; Anaerobic turnover of carbon; Enterobacteriaceae; Facultative anaerobe; Methanogenesis; Most probable number

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOREST; GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0345129984     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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