Isolation and characterisation of the marine ultramicrobacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain RB2256

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 363-369

  Schut, Frits ^a   Gottschal, Jan C ^b   Prins, Rudolf A ^b  

^a Microscreen BV   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

In situ growth; Isolation procedure; Model oligotroph; Oligotrophic bacteria; Starvation survival; Ultramicrobacteria

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030778943     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00018-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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