Assessment of microbial community function and structure in soil microcosms exposed to glyphosate

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 333-339

  Zabaloy, María C ^a   Gómez, Elena ^b   Garland, Jay L ^c,d   Gómez, Marisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profiling; Glyphosate toxicity; Quantitative PCR; Soil respiration; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865863028     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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