A microsensor study of the interaction between purple sulfur and green sulfur bacteria in experimental benthic gradients

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-184

  Pringault, O ^a,b   De Wit, R ^a   Kuhl M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MICROSENSOR;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION;

PROSTHECOCHLORIS AESTUARII; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

EID: 0032909647     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900141     Document Type: Article

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