Effects of temperature, salinity, and substrate on the colonization of surfaces in situ by aquatic bdellovibrios

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-90

  Kelley, Jacqueline I ^a   Turng, Been Foo ^a   Williams, Henry N ^a   Baer, Marcie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BDELLOVIBRIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BDELLOVIBRIOS; COLONIZATION; SALINITY; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE;

PUERTO RICO, LA PARGUERA; USA, MARYLAND, GUNPOWDER RIVER; USA, MARYLAND, PATUXENT RIVER;

BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS;

EID: 0030921876     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.84-90.1997     Document Type: Article

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