Mass effects meet species sorting: Transformations of microbial assemblages in epiphreatic subsurface karst water pools

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2476-2488

  Shabarova, Tanja ^a   Widmer, Franco ^b   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Aroscope Reckenholz Tänikon Research Station ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CAVE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON;

BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CAVES; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; METHYLOPHILACEAE;

EID: 84883556337     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12124     Document Type: Article

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