Interactions between stream fungi and bacteria associated with decomposing leaf litter at different levels of nutrient availability

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Gulis, Vladislav ^a,b   Suberkropp, Keller ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Aquatic hyphomycetes; Articulospora tetracladia; Carbon budget; Inorganic nutrients; Microbial biomass; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICULOSPORA TETRACLADIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONADACEAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037422740     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030149     Document Type: Article

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