Biodiversity in microbial communities: System scale patterns and mechanisms

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1455-1462

  Parnell, J Jacob ^a,b,c   Crowl, Todd A ^a,b,d   Weimer, Bart C ^a,c,e   Pfrender, Michael E ^a,c  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b Ecology Center   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Microbial diversity; Richness maintenance

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 62849119084     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04128.x     Document Type: Article

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