Competition for polymers among heterotrophic bacteria, isolated from particles of the Equatorial Atlantic

International Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Berkenheger, Imke ^a   Fischer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FISH; Marine bacteria; Mixed culture; Particle attached bacteria; Substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CARBON; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; POLYMER; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYTOPHAGACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; SULFITOBACTER; SULFITOBACTER PONTIACUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; CLIMATE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 2942750416     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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