Analysis of aerotactic band formation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in a stopped-flow diffusion chamber

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-194

  Fischer, Jan P ^a,b   Cypionka, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerotaxis; Bioconvection; Chemotaxis; Energy taxis; Oxic anoxic interface; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

CHEMOTAXIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; VIDEORECORDING;

AEROBIOSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 33644941733     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2005.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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