Myxomycetes in soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2237-2242

  Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Fiore Donno, Anna Maria ^b   Schnittler, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa; Ecology; Environmental sampling; Myxogastria; Myxomycetes

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CULTURE-BASED METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; FRUITING BODIES; MYXOGASTRIA; MYXOMYCETES; RRNA GENES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; GENES; PROTOZOA; RNA; SAMPLING; SOILS;

FUNGI;

DIVERGENCE; DOMINANCE; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTIST; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMOEBOZOA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PROTISTA; PROTOSTELIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80051581788     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.007     Document Type: Review

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