Network analysis reveals that bacteria and fungi form modules that correlate independently with soil parameters

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2677-2689

  De Menezes, Alexandre B ^a   Prendergast Miller, Miranda T ^a   Richardson, Alan E ^a   Toscas, Peter ^a   Farrell, Mark ^a   Macdonald, Lynne M ^a   Baker, Geoff ^a   Wark, Tim ^a   Thrall, Peter H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MICROBIOTA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84939255787     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12559     Document Type: Article

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