Social Amoebae: Environmental Factors Influencing Their Distribution and Diversity Across South-Western Europe

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-165

  Romeralo, Maria ^a,d   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^b   Lado, Carlos ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; FUNGI; METAZOA;

EID: 78650679025     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9715-5     Document Type: Article

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