Vertical distribution patterns of soil microorganisms relating to biological crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-353

  Wu, Nan ^a,b   Pan, Borong ^a   Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Wang, Hongling ^a,b   Liang, Shaomin ^a,b   Nie, Huali ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Gurbantunggut Desert; Number of soil microorganisms; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 22144497415     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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