Influence of sustainability and immigration in assembling bacterial populations of known size and function

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 348-354

  Manefield, Mike ^a,b,c   Whiteley, Andrew ^b   Curtis, Tom ^d   Watanabe, Kazuya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOREACTOR; COMAMONAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMAMONAS; PHENOL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847328455     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9167-0     Document Type: Article

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