Effect of Trophic Status on the Culturability and Activity of Bacteria from a Range of Lakes in the English Lake District

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2072-2078

  Porter, Jonathan ^a,b   Morris, Samantha A ^a   Pickup, Roger W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; LAKES; OLIGOMERS; REDUCTION;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COUNT-CELL ELONGATION METHOD;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ESTERASE; LAKE WATER; TETRAZOLIUM;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTER; FRACTIONATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REDUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENGLAND; ESTERASES; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; PLANKTON; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 16544383866     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2072-2078.2004     Document Type: Article

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