Vertical and seasonal variations of bacterioplankton subgroups with different nucleic acid contents: Possible regulation by phosphorus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5828-5836

  Nishimura, Yoko ^a   Kim, Chulgoo ^a   Nagata, Toshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BACTERIOPLANKTONS; MESOTROPIC FRESHWATER LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; VERY HIGH NUCLEIC ACID (VHNA) BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; ECOSYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OXYGENATION; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; JAPAN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; SEASONS;

ASIA; BIWA LAKE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 26844478983     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.5828-5836.2005     Document Type: Article

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