Vertical migration of phototrophic bacterial populations in a hypersaline microbial mat from Salins-de-Giraud (Camargue, France)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-377

  Fourçans, Aude ^a   Solé, Antoni ^b   Diestra, Ella ^b   Ranchou Peyruse, Anthony ^a   Esteve, Isabel ^b   Caumette, Pierre ^a   Duran, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CLSM; Diel cycle; Hypersaline mat; Phototrophs; Stratification; T FLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; PH; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MIGRATION; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; FRANCE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FRANCE; OXYGEN; PHOTOTROPISM; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SALINS-DE-GIRAUD; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; HALOMICRONEMA EXCENTRICUM; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES;

EID: 33746897713     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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