Seven years of enhanced water availability influences the physiological, structural, and functional attributes of a soil microbial community

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-545

  Williams, Mark A ^a   Rice, Charles W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial community; Physiology; PLFA; Stress; Substrate use efficiency; Water availability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33846158866     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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