Formation of 30- to 40-micrometer-thick laminations by high-speed marine bacteria in microbial mats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3985-3990

  Barbara, Gregory M ^a   Mitchell, James G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029846269     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.3985-3990.1996     Document Type: Article

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