Microbial Community Diversity of Moonmilk Deposits at Ballynamintra Cave, Co. Waterford, Ireland

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-761

  Rooney, Deirdre C ^a,c   Hutchens, Elena ^a   Clipson, Nicholas ^a   Baldini, James ^b   McDermott, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Askham Bryan College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78149469434     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9693-7     Document Type: Article

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