Ratios of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in Pseudomonas fluorescens as a model for bacterial element ratios and nutrient regeneration

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-122

  Chrzanowski, Thomas H ^a   Kyle, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Nutrient regeneration; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001174318     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010115     Document Type: Article

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