Vertical distribution of the free-living amoeba population in soil under desert shrubs in the Negev Desert, Israel

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2053-2060

  Rodriguez Zaragoza, Salvador ^a,b   Mayzlish, Einav ^a   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTOZOA; SOILS;

AMOEBAE; ARID SOIL; PROTOZOAN POPULATION; XEROHALOPHYTES;

MICROORGANISMS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANOPY; DESERT; FILAMOEBA; FLAGELLATE; GOOSEFOOT; HAMMADA SCOPARIA; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTOZOON; SCRUB; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMARANTHACEAE; AMOEBIDA; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; PLANTS; SOIL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

EID: 17444365840     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.2053-2060.2005     Document Type: Article

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