Marine bacterioplankton production of polysaccharidic and proteinaceous particles under different nutrient regimes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-342

  Radić, Tomislav ^a   Ivančić, Ingrid ^a   Fuks, Dragica ^a   Radić, Jadranka ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

CSP; Ectoenzymatic activity; Heterotrophic bacteria; Inorganic nutrients; TEP

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; AMMONIA; PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHOSPHATES; PLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751019951     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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