A study of microbial diversity and its interaction with nutrients in the sediments of Sundarban mangroves

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Ramanathan, A L ^a   Singh, Gurmeet ^a   Majumdar, Jayjit ^a,b   Samal, A C ^b   Chauhan, Rita ^a   Ranjan, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Rajkumar, K ^a   Santra, S C ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 57049150316     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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