Community analysis of the bacterial assemblages in the winter cover and pelagic layers of a high mountain lake by in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2138-2144

  Alfreider, Albin ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Sattler, Birgit ^a   Glöckner, Frank Oliver ^b   Wille, Anton ^a   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAKE; MOUNTAIN LAKE; PELAGIC ZONE; WINTER COVER;

EID: 0029663960     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2138-2144.1996     Document Type: Article

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