Soil microbial community response to land-management and depth, related to the degradation of organic matter in English wetlands: Implications for the in situ preservation of archaeological remains

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Douterelo, Isabel ^a   Goulder, Raymond ^b   Lillie, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological remains; Bacterial diversity; Biolog; Cloning sequencing; DGGE; Organic matter degradation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 76749153768     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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