Water and temperature relations of soil Actinobacteria

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 744-755

  Stevenson, Andrew ^a   Hallsworth, John E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA;

CULTURE MEDIUM; SOIL; WATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84913582810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12199     Document Type: Article

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