Motility of Colwellia psychrerythraea strain 34H at subzero temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4282-4284

  Junge, Karen ^a   Eicken, Hajo ^b   Deming, Jody W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STRAIN;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MOTILITY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CHEMOTAXIS; COLWELLIA PSYCHRERYTHRAEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD; FREEZING; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLWELLIA; COLWELLIA PSYCHRERYTHRAEA;

EID: 0038154023     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4282-4284.2003     Document Type: Article

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