Microbial biogeography: Putting microorganisms on the map

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-112

  Martiny, Jennifer B Hughes ^a   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^b   Brown, James H ^c   Colwell, Robert K ^d   Fuhrman, Jed A ^e   Green, Jessica L ^f   Horner Devine, M Claire ^g   Kane, Matthew ^h   Krumins, Jennifer Adams ⁱ   Kuske, Cheryl R ^j   Morin, Peter J ⁱ   Naeem, Shahid ^k   Øvreås, Lise ^l   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^m   Smith, Val H ⁿ   Staley, James T ^g  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^m PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31544448331     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1341     Document Type: Review

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