Microbial ecology of deep-sea sunken wood: Quantitative measurements of bacterial biomass and cellulolytic activities

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Palacios, Carmen ^a,b   Zbinden, Magali ^c   Baco, Amy R ^d   Treude, Tina ^e   Smith, Craig R ^f   Gaill, François ^c   Lebaron, Philippe ^b   Boetius, Antje ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ^*  (France)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial biomass; Cellulolytic activity; Chemosynthetic Ecosystems; Deep sea; Microbial ecology; Organic fall; Sunken woods

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; FUNGI; METAZOA;

EID: 33846430893     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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