Variability in ectohydrolytic enzyme activities of pelagic marine bacteria and its significance for substrate processing in the sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-230

  Martinez, Josefina ^a,b   Smith, David C ^a   Steward, Grieg F ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectoenzyme; Marine bacteria; Organic matter decomposition

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000318605     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010223     Document Type: Article

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