Bacterial utilization of dissolved humic substances from a freshwater swamp

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Bano, Nasreen ^a   Moran, Mary Ann ^a   Hodson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Freshwater marsh; Humic substances; Okefenokee Swamp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000130202     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012233     Document Type: Article

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