Does the global microbiota consist of a few cosmopolitan species?

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Logares, Ramiro E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanisms; Endemics; Microbes

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 33748782244     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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