Seasonal dynamics of nutrients and bacterial communities in unvegetated alpine glacier forefields

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-22

  Lazzaro, A ^a   Brankatschk, R ^a   Zeyer, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

16S; Glacier forefields; Microbial communities; Seasons; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

EID: 84855185963     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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