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Presence of Microbes and the Distribution of Climatic, Environmental, and Geochemical Variables Web Mapping Application

October 23, 2018
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About the Web Mapping Application

This web mapping application allows users to make comparisons between national scale environmental datasets and Bacillus species and Bacillus anthracis detection results. The datasets include soil physical, chemical, and mineralogical data, current and historical climate data, landcover, and biological surveys.

 

microbial presence/absence data for the soil samples
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.
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