Role of deep-sea bacteria in organic matter mineralization and adaptation to hydrostatic pressure conditions in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-218

  Tamburini, Christian ^a   Garcin, Jean ^a   Bianchi, Armand ^a  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial growth efficiency; BGE; Deep sea; Mediterranean Sea; Mineralization; Organic matter; Peptidase activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042071487     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame032209     Document Type: Article

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