Microbial biogeography: From taxonomy to traits

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5879, 2008, Pages 1039-1043

  Green, Jessica L ^a   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a   Whitaker, Rachel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 44449118067     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153475     Document Type: Review

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