Hypolithic Microbial Community of Quartz Pavement in the High-Altitude Tundra of Central Tibet

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 730-739

  Wong, Fiona K Y ^a   Lacap, Donnabella C ^a   Lau, Maggie C Y ^a   Aitchison, J C ^a   Cowan, Donald A ^b   Pointing, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 78149466444     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9653-2     Document Type: Article

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