Changes in Bacterial and Fungal Communities across Compost Recipes, Preparation Methods, and Composting Times

Deborah A. Neher; Thomas R. Weicht; Scott T. Bates; Jonathan W. Leff; Noah Fierer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079512

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Changes in Bacterial and Fungal Communities across Compost Recipes, Preparation Methods, and Composting Times

Deborah A. Neher ,

* E-mail: deborah.neher@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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Thomas R. Weicht,

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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Scott T. Bates,

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Jonathan W. Leff,

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Noah Fierer

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Changes in Bacterial and Fungal Communities across Compost Recipes, Preparation Methods, and Composting Times

Deborah A. Neher,
Thomas R. Weicht,
Scott T. Bates,
Jonathan W. Leff,
Noah Fierer

Published: November 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079512

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PDF File contains strange translations of Greek letters and Mathematical Symbols

Posted by dneher on 27 Nov 2013 at 16:24 GMT

The Download PDF file represents a +/- symbol as '6' or a box in the tables. Greek symbols for the sub-phyla of Proteobacteria were converted to a, b, c, d rather than alpha, beta, delta and gamma. The interaction on-line version is fine.

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