Strong, weak, and missing links in a microbial community of the N.W. Mediterranean Sea

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 451-462

  Bettarel, Y ^a   Dolan, J R ^b   Hornak, K ^c   Lemee R ^b   Masin, M ^c   Pedrotti, M L ^b   Rochelle Newall, E ^b   Simek, K ^c   Sime Ngando, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DYNAMICS; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036889683     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00383-5     Document Type: Article

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