High abundances of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria in the South Pacific Ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4198-4205

  Lami, Raphaël ^a   Cottrell, Matthew T ^b   Ras, Joséphine ^c   Ulloa, Osvaldo ^d   Obernosterer, Ingrid ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^c   Kirchman, David L ^b   Lebaron, Philippe ^a,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC (AAP) BACTERIA; BACTERIOPLANKTONIC CARBON STOCK; PROKARYOTIC COMMUNITY;

BIOMASS; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA;

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34447502536     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02652-06     Document Type: Article

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