Differences in community composition of bacteria in four glaciers in western China

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1937-1952

  An, L Z ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Xiang, S R ^b,c   Shang, T C ^d   Tian, L D ^b,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Gansu Agricultural University ^*  (China)

^d GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; ZONATION;

CHINA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; ENTEROBACTER; FIRMICUTES; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953851784     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1937-2010     Document Type: Article

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