Progress in the ecological genetics and biodiversity of freshwater bacteria

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Logue, Jürg B ^a   Bürgmann, Helmut ^b   Robinson, Christopher T ^c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Surface Waters Research and Management of Eawag ^*  (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Metagenomics; Microbial ecology; Microbial function; Molecular methods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 41649111359     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580205     Document Type: Review

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