Effects of disturbance intensity and frequency on bacterial community composition and function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Berga, Mercè ^a   Székely, Anna J ^a   Langenheder, Silke ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CARBON UTILIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALINITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; METAGENOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALINITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84860997758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036959     Document Type: Article

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