New insights into the lifestyle of the cold-loving SM1 euryarchaeon: Natural growth as a monospecies biofilm in the subsurface

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-199

  Henneberger, Ruth ^a,b   Moissl, Christine ^a,c   Amann, Thomas ^a   Rudolph, Christian ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; HARVESTING; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE WATERS;

POLYETHYLENE NETS; SM1 EURYARCHAEON;

BACTERIA;

POLYETHYLENE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER; SULFIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ETHYLENE; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COLD; ECOLOGY; GERMANY; LIFESTYLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SM1 EURYARCHAEON; SULFUR BACTERIUM; WATER SAMPLING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EURYARCHAEOTA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HARVESTING;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; REGENSBURG;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFILMS; COLD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EURYARCHAEOTA; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYETHYLENE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES;

EID: 33644855188     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.192-199.2006     Document Type: Article

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