Exploring research frontiers in microbiology: The challenge of metagenomics in soil microbiology

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 497-505

  Mocali, S ^a   Benedetti, A ^a  

^a Centro per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic resources; Metagenomics; Microbial diversity; Microbial ecology; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL QUALITY; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYLOGENY; TRENDS;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE LIBRARY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; INTERNATIONALITY; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

SOIL;

EID: 77955312030     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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