Sulphate reduction and vertical distribution of sulphate-reducing bacteria quantified by rRNA slot-blot hybridization in a coastal marine sediment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-74

  Sahm, Kerstin ^a   MacGregor, Barbara J ^b   Jørgensen, Bo B ^a   Stahl, David A ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; RIBOSOME; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CELL COUNT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFATES;

EID: 0033068882     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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