Urea transformation of wetland microbial communities

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Thorén, Ann Karin ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kalmar County Administration   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PLANT; PROTOZOON; SEA; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; PLANTS; PROTOZOA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SWEDEN; UREA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

ELODEA CANADENSIS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 33847262576     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9098-9     Document Type: Article

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