Numerical dominance of a group of marine bacteria in the α-subclass of the class Proteobacteria in coastal seawater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4237-4242

  González, José M ^a   Moran, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; NANNOPLANKTON; NUMERICAL DOMINANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ATLANTIC COAST; USA;

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0342940789     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4237-4242.1997     Document Type: Article

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