Vertical distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria at the oxic-anoxic interface in sediments of the oligotrophic Lake Stechlin

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-255

  Sass, Henrik ^a   Cypionka, Heribert ^b   Babenzien, Hans Dietrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aerobic respiration; freshwater sediment; oligotrophic lake; oxic sediment layer; oxycline; oxygen tolerance; sulfate reduction rates; sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; SEDIMENT; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GERMANY, POTSDAM, LAKE STECHLIN;

DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 0030744956     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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