Morphology of a ferric iron-encrusted biofilm forming on the shell of a burrowing bivalve (Mollusca)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Gillan, David C ^a   De Ridder, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beggiatoaceae; Biofilm; Bivalve; Ferric iron; Filamentous bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001883098     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012001     Document Type: Article

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