The response of the microbial community of marine sediments to organic carbon input under anaerobic conditions

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-248

  Rosselló Mora, Ramon ^a   Thamdrup, Bo ^a,b   Schäfer, Hendrik ^a,c   Weller, Roland ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytophaga; DGGE; FISH; Flavobacterium; Marine sediments; Microbial community dynamics; Organic carbon input

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFATE;

ALGA; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SEDIMENT; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE;

EID: 0344483898     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80071-X     Document Type: Article

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