What do acid-base titrations of live bacteria tell us? A preliminary assessment

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Claessens, Jacqueline ^a   Behrends, Thilo ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acid base titration; Bacteria; Cell wall charge; Cell wall components; pH buffering; Shewanella putrefaciens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 1842430058     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-003-0687-0     Document Type: Article

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