Community size and metabolic rates of psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria in Arctic marine sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4230-4233

  Knoblauch, Christian ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a   Harder, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COLD TOLERANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032844705     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4230-4233.1999     Document Type: Article

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