Diel and seasonal variations in abundance, activity, and community structure of particle-attached and free-living bacteria in NW Mediterranean Sea

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-231

  Ghiglione, J F ^a   Mevel, G ^b   Pujo Pay, M ^a   Mousseau, L ^c   Lebaron, P ^a   Goutx, M ^d  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON;

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547586997     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9189-7     Document Type: Article

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