Phylogeny and activity of proteobacteria in sediments from lake furnas

Proteobacteria: Phylogeny, Metabolic Diversity and Ecological Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-36

  Martins, Gilberto ^a   Ribeiro, Daniel C ^a   Terada, Akihiko ^b,c   Smets, Barth F ^b   Brito, António G ^a,d   Nogueira, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d ARH Norte   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activity; Bacterial diversity; Proteobacteria; Sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892134072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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