Vertical distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the chemocline of Lake Cadagno, Switzerland, over an annual cycle

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-302

  Peduzzi, Sandro ^a,b   Tonolla, Mauro ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Chemocline; In situ hybridization; Meromictic lake; Purple sulfur bacteria; Sulfatereducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOCAPSA THIOZYMOGENES; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0037461962     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030295     Document Type: Article

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