A unifying quantitative framework for exploring the multiple facets of microbial biodiversity across diverse scales

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2642-2657

  Escalas, Arthur ^a   Bouvier, Thierry ^a   Mouchet, Maud A ^b   Leprieur, Fabien ^a   Bouvier, Corinne ^a   Troussellier, Marc ^a   Mouillot, David ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885185599     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12156     Document Type: Short Survey

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