Actinobacterial communities of boreal forest soil and lake water are rich in mycobacteria

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-53

  Niva, Mia ^a   Hernesmaa, Anne ^a   Haahtela, Kielo ^a   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a   Haukka, Kaisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 33644804948     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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