New communities of large filamentous sulfur bacteria in the eastern South Pacific

International Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Gallardo, Víctor A ^a   Espinoza, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anoxic environments; Beggiatoa spp.; Eastern South Pacific; ENSO cycle; Filamentous bacteria; Large sulfur bacteria; Thiomargarita; Thioploca spp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; PROKARYOTA; THIOMARGARITA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 34547485484     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.14     Document Type: Article

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