Acetogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria inhabiting the rhizoplane and deep cortex cells of the sea grass Halodule wrightii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5117-5123

  Küsel, Kirsten ^a   Pinkart, Holly C ^a,d   Drake, Harold L ^b   Devereux, Richard ^a,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEAGRASS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ACETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRASS; LIPID ANALYSIS; METHANOBACTERIALES; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; SEA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ACETOBACTERIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; HALODULE WRIGHTII; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0344129065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5117-5123.1999     Document Type: Article

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