Microbial Diversity in the Deep Sea and the Underexplored "Rare Biosphere"

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-252

  Welch, David B Mark ^a   Huse, Susan M ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplicon libraries sequenced, to depths; Deep sea microbial diversity, "Rare Biosphere"; Rare biosphere, feedback mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886648922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118010549.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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