The relationship between microbial community structure and functional stability, tested experimentally in an upland pasture soil

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-113

  Griffiths, B S ^a   Kuan, H L ^a   Ritz, K ^b   Glover, L A ^c   McCaig, A E ^c,d   Fenwick, C ^c,e  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFORM; COPPER; NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUMIGATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PASTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFORM; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT; NITRATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOTLAND; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642423869     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-2043-7     Document Type: Article

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