High throughput phospholipid fatty acid analysis of soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-130

  Buyer, Jeffrey S ^a   Sasser, Myron ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MIDI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

High throughput analysis; Phospholipid fatty acid analysis; PLFA; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864072141     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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