Bacterial communities associated with benthic organic matter in headwater stream microhabitats

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1633-1640

  Fazi, Stefano ^a   Amalfitano, Stefano ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^b   Puddu, Alberto ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 25144507206     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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