The metagenomics of soil

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 470-478

  Daniel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; ECOSYSTEM; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

DNA; GENE LIBRARY; GENOMICS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 19144366982     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1160     Document Type: Review

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