Bacterial and Fungal Diversity of Quaternary Cave Sediment Deposits

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-127

  Epure, Laura ^a   Meleg, Ioana Nicoleta ^a   Munteanu, Cristian Mihai ^a   Roban, Relu Dumitru ^b   Moldovan, Oana Teodora ^a  

^a EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

bacteria; cave sediments; DNA; fungi; molecular biology; phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DNA; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHYLOGENETICS; QUATERNARY;

ROMANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889654335     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2013.815292     Document Type: Article

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