Bacterial assemblage structure and carbon metabolism along a productivity gradient in the NE Atlantic Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Alonso Sáez, Laura ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^b   Pinhassi, Jarone ^c   Gómez Consarnau, Laura ^c   González, José M ^d   Vaqué, Dolors ^a   Agustí, Susana ^e   Gasol, Josep M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bacteria; CARD FISH; DGGE; Diversity; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 33847110746     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame046043     Document Type: Article

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