Soil microbial community structure in an Asian dust source region (Loess Plateau)

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Kenzaka, Takehiko ^a,b   Sueyoshi, Akio ^a   Baba, Takashi ^a   Li, Pinfang ^c   Tani, Katsuji ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA OHTANI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; Asian dust; Community structure; Diversity; rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DUST; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DUST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 77349099498     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09164     Document Type: Article

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