Oligotrophy and pelagic marine bacteria: Facts and fiction

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-202

  Schut, Frits ^a   Prins, Rudolf A ^b   Gottschal, Jan C ^b  

^a Microscreen BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Isolation procedures; Marine bacteria; Oligotrophy; Unculturable bacteria; Uptake kinetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000549946     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012177     Document Type: Review

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