Strategies of sulfate-reducing bacteria to escape oxygen stress in a cyanobacterial mat

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-96

  Krekeler, Daniel ^a   Teske, Andreas ^a   Cypionka, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic respiration; Aerotaxis; Cyanobacterial mat; Desulfovibrio; Migration; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIAL MAT; LAKE; OXYGEN STRESS; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SUSPENSION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; EGYPT; LAKE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

EGYPT, SINAI, SOLAR LAKE;

DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 0031931771     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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