Diversity and association of psychrophilic bacteria in antarctic sea ice

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3068-3078

  Bowman, John P ^a   Mccammon, Sharee A ^a   Brown, Mark V ^a   Nichols, David S ^a   Mcmeekin, Tom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; ICE COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NANNOPLANKTON; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIA; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FREEZING; NONHUMAN;

ANTARCTIA;

ALTEROMONAS; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; COLWELLIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACILLUS; HALOMONAS; HYPHOMONAS; MARINOBACTER; PLANOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSYCHROBACTER; SHEWANELLA; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0030752850     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3068-3078.1997     Document Type: Article

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