Metagenomics and the niche concept

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Marco, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo

Author keywords

Ecological unit; Metagenomics; Niche concept; Operational genetic functional units

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EPISTEMOLOGY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GENOME; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48549097151     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-008-0028-x     Document Type: Article

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