Limitation of bacterial growth by dissolved organic matter and iron in the Southern Ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 455-466

  Church, Matthew J ^a   Hutchins, David A ^b   Ducklow, Hugh W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUCOSE; IRON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE;

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROWTH; IRON; LIMITING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEA;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; IRON; LEUCINE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033964626     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.455-466.2000     Document Type: Article

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