Seasonal abundance of lysogenic bacteria in a subtropical estuary

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2308-2312

  Cochran, Pamela K ^a   Paul, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; MITOMYCIN C;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIA; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LYSOGENIC BACTERIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ESTUARY; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER SAMPLING;

FLORIDA; TAMPA BAY; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031799299     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2308-2312.1998     Document Type: Article

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