The Effect of Resource Islands on Abundance and Diversity of Bacteria in Arid Soils

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 694-700

  Bachar, Ami ^a   Soares, M Ines M ^a   Gillor, Osnat ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858006643     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9957-x     Document Type: Article

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