Spatial stratification of soil bacterial populations in aggregates of diverse soils

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 404-411

  Mummey, Daniel ^a   Holben, William ^a   Six, Johan ^b   Stahl, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; STRATIFICATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEMMATIMONADETES; RUBROBACTERIDAE;

EID: 33744915723     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9020-5     Document Type: Article

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