Where microorganisms meet rocks in the Earth's Critical Zone

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3531-3543

  Akob, D M ^a   Kusel K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; EARTH STRUCTURE; ENERGY FLUX; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROKARYOTE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 82955189739     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-3531-2011     Document Type: Article

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