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Sampling Sediment and Soil: Use of Coring Devices

By: Roger Pickup², Glenn Rhodes², Grahame Hall²

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Individually, molecular and classical microbial ecology techniques are powerful tools in microbial ecology, but both are limited with respect to relating the presence and/or diversity of microorganisms to their function/activity in that environment (1,2). By combining the two approaches this obstacle can be overcome. Paramount in this respect are in situ sampling procedures that produce samples in a form representative of that environment or habitat (3).

Affiliation(s): (2) Institute of Freshwater Ecology, Cumbria, UK

Book Title: Environmental Monitoring of Bacteria

Series: Methods in Biotechnology | Volume: 12 | Pub. Date: Jan-21-1999 | Page Range: 15-27 | DOI: 10.1385/0-89603-566-2:15

Subject: Microbiology

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