Seasonal changes in free-living amoeba species in the root canopy of Zygophyllum dumosum in the Negev Desert, Israel

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 134-141

  Rodriguez Zaragoza, S ^a   Mayzlish, E ^b   Steinberger, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEASONALITY;

AMOEBA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

AMOEBIDA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ISRAEL; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZYGOPHYLLUM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ECHINAMOEBA; HARTMANNELLA; PLATYAMOEBA; SARCODINA; VAHLKAMPFIA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

EID: 19944384597     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1056-1     Document Type: Article

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