The response of three bacterial populations to pollution in a stream

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 224-231

  Lemke, M J ^a   Brown, B J ^a   Leff, L G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POPULATION; POLLUTION; STREAM;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030817423     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900051     Document Type: Article

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