Patterns and governing forces in aquatic microbial communities

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-35

  Nold, Stephen C ^a,b   Zwart, Gabriel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community composition; Diversity; Freshwater; Marine; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NICHE;

BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER;

EID: 0032471781     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009991918036     Document Type: Article

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