Vertical migration in the sediment-dwelling sulfur bacteria Thioploca spp. in overcoming diffusion limitations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1863-1872

  Huettel, Markus ^a   Forster, Stefan ^a   Klöser, Susanne ^a   Fossing, Henrik ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEGGIATOA; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYPOTHESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT;

SEDIMENT; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PACIFIC, CHILEAN SHELF;

THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0029663966     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1863-1872.1996     Document Type: Article

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