Mechanisms of dominance: Coexistence of picocyanobacterial genotypes in a freshwater ecosystem

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Postius, Christine ^a   Ernst, Anneliese ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autotrophic picoplankton; Cyanobacteria; Grazing; Phylogenetic analysis; Physiological diversity; Stress factors; Synechococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032814949     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050742     Document Type: Short Survey

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