Relative Amino Acid Composition Signatures of Organisms and Environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Moura, Alexandra ^a,b   Savageau, Michael A ^c   Alves, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIOTA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84886383710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077319     Document Type: Article

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