Microbial community structure and its functional implications

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7244, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SULFUR CYCLE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SULFUR CYCLE; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENOMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 66149150877     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08058     Document Type: Review

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