Methods for studying soil microbial diversity

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 899-904

  Zhong, Wenhui ^a,b   Cai, Zucong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biolog; FLFA; Microbial diversity; Nucleic acid based analysis; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79960906297     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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