Bacterial community composition and extracellular enzyme activity in temperate streambed sediment during drying and rewetting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Pohlon, Elisabeth ^a   Fandino, Adriana Ochoa ^a   Marxsen, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84893558691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083365     Document Type: Article

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