Culturable and non-culturable fractions of bacterial populations in sediments of a South Carolina stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 482, Issue , 2002, Pages 151-159

  McNamara, Christopher J ^a,b   Lemke, Michael J ^a,c   Leff, Laura G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Benthic; In situ hybridization; Sediments; Stream; VBNC

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; SEDIMENTS;

COLONY FORMING UNITS (CFU);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SEDIMENT; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037104836     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021268516231     Document Type: Article

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