Bacterial and archaea community present in the Pine Barrens Forest of Long Island, NY: unusually high percentage of ammonia oxidizing bacteria.

Of the few preserved areas in the northeast of United States, the soil in the Pine Barrens Forests presents a harsh environment for the microorganisms to grow and survive. In the current study we report the use of clustering methods to scientifically select the sampling locations that would represen...

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Main Authors: Vishal Shah, Shreya Shah, Murty S Kambhampati, Jeffery Ambrose, Nyesha Smith, Scot E Dowd, Kevin T McDonnell, Bishnu Panigrahi, Timothy Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22028845/?tool=EBI