Structure and function of alpine and arctic soil microbial communities

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 775-784

  Nemergut, Diana R ^a   Costello, Elizabeth K ^a   Meyer, Allen F ^a   Pescador, Monte Y ^a   Weintraub, Michael N ^a   Schmidt, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biogeochemistry; Cold; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCTIC TUNDRA; BACTERIAL GENE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 24144447869     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.03.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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