The bacterial biogeography of British soils

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1642-1654

  Griffiths, Robert I ^a   Thomson, Bruce C ^a   James, Phillip ^a,b   Bell, Thomas ^c   Bailey, Mark ^a   Whiteley, Andrew S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GREAT BRITAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79958013695     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02480.x     Document Type: Article

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