Erratum: Microbial structuring of marine ecosystems (Nature Reviews Microbiology (2007) vol. 5 (782-791) 10.1038/nrmicro1747);Microbial structuring of marine ecosystems

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 782-791

  Azam, Farooq ^a   Malfatti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA;

EID: 34548718221     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1787     Document Type: Erratum

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