Do microbial numbers count? Quantifying the regulation of biogeochemical fluxes by population size and cellular activity

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-210

  Röling, Wilfred F M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical rates; Cell numbers; FISH; Microbial adaptation; qPCR; Regulation analysis

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITRITE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; DEHALOGENATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLITE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HALOGENS; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRITES; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 35349030830     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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