Assimilation of toluene carbon along a bacteria-protist food chain determined by 13C-enrichment of biomarker fatty acids

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 635-649

  Mauclaire, Laurie ^a   Pelz, Oliver ^a,d   Thullner, Martin ^a,c   Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C labelling; Biovolume; Carbon conversion efficiency; Phospholipid fatty acid; PLFA; Protist

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; TOLUENE;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROTROPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; VAHLKAMPFIA;

EID: 0242321077     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00205-7     Document Type: Article

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