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Microbial communities and their interactions in soil and rhizosphere ecosystems.
Annual review of microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Kent Angela D, Triplett Eric W
Abstract excerpt
Since the first estimate of prokaryotic abundance in soil was published, researchers have attempted to assess the abundance and distribution of species and relate this information on community structure to ecosystem function. Culture-based methods were found to be inadequate to the task, and as a consequence a number of culture-independent approaches have been applied to the study of microbial diversity in soil....
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