Microbial degradation of peptidoglycan in seawater

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 745-754

  Nagata, T ^a,c   Meon, B ^b,d   Kirchman, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037350018     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.2.0745     Document Type: Article

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