An appraisal of methods for linking environmental processes to specific microbial taxa

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-185

  Gutierrez Zamora, Maria Luisa ^a   Manefield, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

FISH; Function identity methods; Isotope array; Isotope probing; NanoSIMS; Raman; SSU IRMS

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953025003     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-010-9205-8     Document Type: Review

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