Recent advances and perspectives in metagenomic studies of soil microbial communities

Management of Microbial Resources in the Environment

Volumn 9789400759312, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-166

  Pershina, E V ^a   Andronov, E E ^a   Pinaev, A G ^a   Provorov, N A ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Soil DNA; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928647847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5931-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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