Pelagic-benthic coupling of nucleic acids in an abyssal location of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4451-4457

  Dell'anno, A ^a   Fabiano, M ^b   Mei, M L ^a   Danovaro, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ABYSSAL ZONE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHOS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; RNA TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032832869     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4451-4457.1999     Document Type: Article

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