A Benthic Gradient Chamber for culturing phototrophic sulfur bacteria on reconstituted sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-250

  Pringault, Olivier ^a   De Wit, Rutger ^a   Caumette, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Axenic biofilm; Diffusion limited growth; Light gradient; Minielectrode; Oxygen; Sulfide gradient; Sulfide oxidation; Thiocapsa roseopersicina

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

ANOXIA; BENTHIC GRADIENT CHAMBER; BIOFILM; SEDIMENT; SULPHUR BACTERIA;

EID: 0030201244     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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