Activity and distribution of bacterial populations in Middle Atlantic Bight shelf sands

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-100

  Rusch, Antje ^a,d   Huettel, Markus ^a   Reimers, Clare E ^b   Taghon, Gary L ^c   Fuller, Charlotte M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Marine sediment; Variability

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENZYME; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEIN; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BENTHOS; CELL RESPIRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SAND; SEDIMENT; STAINING; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; EUKARYOTA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0042884058     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00458-0     Document Type: Article

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