Microbiology of the anthropocene

Anthropocene

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Gillings, Michael R ^a   Paulsen, Ian T ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biogeochemistry; Global change; Microbiome; Ocean acidification; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; GENOMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROSPHERE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PH; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84908363161     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2014.06.004     Document Type: Review

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