Cultivating uncultured bacteria from northern wetlands: Knowledge gained and remaining gaps

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Dedysh, Svetlana N ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acidobacteria; As yet uncultivated bacteria; Isolation approaches; Methanotrophs; Northern wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHAGNUM; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 84865186665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00184     Document Type: Review

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