Conspicuous veils formed by vibrioid bacteria on sulfidic marine sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6310-6320

  Thar, Roland ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

MARINE SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SULFIDE;

BACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SULFIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036951703     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6310-6320.2002     Document Type: Article

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