Diversity of bacteria nesting the plant cover of north Sinai deserts, Egypt

Journal of Advanced Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-26

  Hanna, Amira L ^a   Youssef, Hanan H ^a   Amer, Wafaa M ^b   Monib, Mohammed ^a   Fayez, Mohammed ^a   Hegazi, Nabil A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Culturable bacteria; Desert ecosystems; Diazotrophs; North Sinai; Rhizosheath; Rhizospheric microorganisms (RMOs); Xerophytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872357719     PISSN: 20901232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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