Biofilm community structure in polluted rivers: Abundance of dominant phylogenetic groups over a complete annual cycle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3078-3082

  Brummer I H M ^a   Fehr, W ^a   Wagner Dobler I ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CYTOPHAGA; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTION;

GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033933790     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.3078-3082.2000     Document Type: Article

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