Community structure of filamentous, sheath-building sulfur bacteria, Thioploca spp., off the coast of Chile

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1855-1862

  Schulz, Heide N ^a   Jørgensen, Bo B ^a   Fossing, Henrik A ^a   Ramsing, Niels B ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOMASS; CHILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERU; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, CONCEPCION BAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOPLOCA; THIOPLOCA ARAUCAE; THIOPLOCA CHILEAE;

EID: 0029663964     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1855-1862.1996     Document Type: Article

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