Linking a bacterial taxon to sulfur cycling in the sea: Studies of the marine Roseobacter group

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-388

  Moran, Mary Ann ^a   González, José M ^b   Kiene, Ronald P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; DMS; DMSP; Marine; Roseobacter; Sulfur cycling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR CYCLE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTERACEAE; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 0141794566     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450303901     Document Type: Article

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