Estimates of viral abundance in soils are strongly influenced by extraction and enumeration methods

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 857-869

  Williamson, Kurt E ^a   Corzo, Krysten A ^a   Drissi, Camelia L ^a   Buckingham, Jasmyn M ^a   Thompson, Charleton P ^a   Helton, Rebekah R ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epifluorescence microscopy; Flow cytometry; Phage; Soil; Virus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; EXTRACTION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84884206093     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0780-z     Document Type: Article

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