Surveying soil faunal communities using a direct molecular approach

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1311-1314

  Hamilton, Heather C ^a   Strickland, Michael S ^b   Wickings, Kyle ^b   Bradford, Mark A ^c   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA genes; Acari; Collembola; Nematodes; Small subunit rRNA genes; Soil fauna; Soil metazoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DNA; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GENE ENCODING; LAND USE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SURVEYS;

18S RRNA; ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; METAZOA; NEMATODES; RRNA GENES; SOIL FAUNA;

SOILS;

ARACHNID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; METAZOA; NEMATODA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 67349097421     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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