DNA sequencing: Strategies for soil microbiology

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 592-600

  Zwolinski, Michele D ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOLOGY; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; RNA;

DNA SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL PROCESSES; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DNA; ECOLOGY; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; SOIL SURVEYS;

DNA; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 33947355698     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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