Soil bacterial community structure and soil quality in a slash-and-burn cultivation system in Southeastern Brazil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-108

  Aboim, Marcela C R ^a   Coutinho, Heitor L C ^b   Peixoto, Raquel S ^c   Barbosa, Joyce C ^c   Rosado, Alexandre S ^c  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DGGE; Microbial diversity; Soil quality; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36749067868     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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