Data transformations in the analysis of community-level substrate utilization data from microplates

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-469

  Weber, Kela P ^a   Grove, Jason A ^a   Gehder, Matthias ^a   Anderson, William A ^a   Legge, Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; BIOLOG EcoPlate ; Constructed wetland; Data transformation; Microplate; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOCOSM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FILTRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; WETLANDS;

EID: 34247598775     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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