Comparison of Topsoil Microbial Populations in Vegetation Systems of Southwestern Nigeria during Dry and Wet Seasons

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-231

  Okoh, Anthony ^a   Ekanade, O ^a   Olaniran, Ademola ^a   Ortiz, Anabel ^b   Maria, Trejo Hernandez ^b   Rodolfo, Quintero ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

bacteria; culturable; fungi; monoculture; plots

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349153611     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.14.227     Document Type: Article

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