Inhibitory effect of solar radiation on thymidine and leucine incorporation by freshwater and marine bacterioplankton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4178-4184

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Obernosterer, Ingrid ^b,c   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b,c   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; LEUCINE; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; NANNOPLANKTON; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030712852     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4178-4184.1997     Document Type: Article

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