Discerning the diversity of soil prokaryotes (Bacteria and archaea) and their impact on agriculture

Biodiversity in Agricultural Production Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 81-100

  Tebbe, Christoph C ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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