Protozoa and their bacterial prey colonize sterile soil fast

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1636-1639

  Altenburger, Andreas ^a   Ekelund, Flemming ^a   Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; CARBON CONTENT; STERILE SOIL; STERILIZED SOILS;

BACTERIOLOGY; PROTOZOA;

SOILS;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STERILITY; SUCCESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 77955172379     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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