Distribution patterns of attached and suspended bacteria in pristine and contaminated shallow aquifers studied with an in situ sediment exposure microcosm

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-129

  Griebler, Christian ^a   Mindl, Birgit ^a   Slezak, Doris ^a   Geiger Kaiser, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Colonization; Groundwater; Method; Microcosm; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037178050     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame028117     Document Type: Article

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