Factors influencing the loss of bacteria in preserved seawater samples

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 305-310

  Gundersen, Kjell ^a   Bratbak, Gunnar ^b   Heldal, Mikal ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Glutaraldehyde; PMSF; Preservation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029832917     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137305     Document Type: Article

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