Profiling Bacterial Diversity and Taxonomic Composition on Speleothem Surfaces in Kartchner Caverns, AZ

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-383

  Ortiz, Marianyoly ^a   Neilson, Julia W ^a   Nelson, William M ^a   Legatzki, Antje ^a   Byrne, Andrea ^a   Yu, Yeisoo ^a   Wing, Rod A ^a   Soderlund, Carol A ^a   Pryor, Barry M ^a   Pierson III, Leland S ^b   Maier, Raina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84873523147     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0143-6     Document Type: Article

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