Heterotrophic limestone-adherent biofilm isolates from the Edwards Aquifer, Texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-309

  Bates, Christa L ^a,c   Forstner, Michael R J ^a   Barnes, Mary B ^a,d   Whiteley, Marvin ^b   McLean, Robert J C ^a  

^a Texas State University San Marcos   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^d TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33749364337     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[299:HLBIFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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