Distribution of microbial communities associated with the dominant high marsh plants and sediments of the United States East Coast

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-388

  Blum, L K ^a   Roberts, M S ^b   Garland, J L ^b   Mills, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARSH; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA CENTER KSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PLANT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

NASA CENTER KSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13844278172     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1051-6     Document Type: Article

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