Spatio-temporal patterns of microbial communities in a hydrologically dynamic pristine aquifer

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 230-242

  Zhou, Yuxiang ^a   Kellermann, Claudia ^a   Griebler, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Hydrological dynamics; Pristine groundwater

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN; SNOW;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SNOW; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862331063     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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