Investigation of 0.2 μm filterable bacteria from the Western Mediterranean Sea using a molecular approach: Dominance of potential starvation forms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Haller, Christoph M ^a   Rölleke, Sabine ^a   Vybiral, Dietmar ^a   Witte, Angela ^a   Velimirov, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

0.2 m Filterable bacteria; 16S rDNA; Community structure; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Starvation form; Ultramicrobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STARVATION; TECHNIQUE; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0343503048     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00096-3     Document Type: Article

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