Content of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus in native aquatic and cultured bacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-27

  Fagerbakke, Kjell Magne ^a   Heldal, Mikal ^a   Norland, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Phosphorus; Ratios; Sulfur; Volume; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030027303     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010015     Document Type: Article

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