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Mengoni, A., Giuntini, E., Bazzicalupo, M. (2007). Application of Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism for MolecularAnalysis of Soil Bacterial Communities. In: Varma, A., Oelmüller, R. (eds) Advanced Techniques in Soil Microbiology. Soil Biology, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70865-0_19
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