Bacteria in the cold deep-sea benthic boundary layer and sediment-water interface of the NE Atlantic

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-99

  Turley, Carol ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Bacterium; Biotechnology; Decomposition; Deep sea; Sediment

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033848286     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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