Influence of Season and Plant Species on the Abundance and Diversity of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria and Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria in Constructed Wetland Microcosms

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-127

  Faulwetter, Jennifer L ^a   Burr, Mark D ^a   Parker, Albert E ^a   Stein, Otto R ^a,b   Camper, Anne K ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84872301415     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0114-y     Document Type: Article

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