Microbial stabilization of riverine sediments by extracellular polymeric substances

Geobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-69

  Gerbersdorf, Sabine Ulrike ^a,b   Jancke, Thomas ^b   Westrich, Bernhard ^b   Paterson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; PHEOPHYTIN;

BACTERIUM; EXOPOLYMER; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOBENTHOS; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHEOPHYTINS; RIVERS;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LAUFFEN; NECKAR RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 37549028810     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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