Extracellular enzyme activity and dynamics of bacterial community in mucilaginous aggregates of the northern Adriatic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 270-286

  Zoppini, Annamaria ^a   Puddu, Alberto ^a   Fazi, Stefano ^a   Rosati, Michela ^a   Sist, Paola ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial activity; Community composition; Enzymatic activity; Mucilage; Nutrients; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; DISSOLUTION; ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; NUTRITION; SEAWATER;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; MUCILAGE; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLUCOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCILAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHAGA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEA;

ALGAE; ALGAL PROTEINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; GLUCOSE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 28744455043     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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