Bacterial diversity and community structure in polygonal tundra soils from Samoylov Island, Lena Delta, Siberia

International Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-202

  Liebner, Susanne ^a,c   Harder, Jens ^b   Wagner, Dirk ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active layer; Bacterial diversity; Clone libraries; Nutrient gradients; Siberian Arctic; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; OTUS;

EID: 54349107196     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.60     Document Type: Article

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