Use of the [14C]leucine incorporation technique to measure bacterial production in river sediments and the epiphyton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4411-4418

  Fischer, Helmut ^a   Pusch, Martin ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EPIPHYTE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPIPHYTON; EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEUCINE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032589362     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4411-4418.1999     Document Type: Article

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