Pyruvate-utilizing bacteria as potential contributors to the food web in the Arabian Gulf

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-381

  Al Sarawi, H A ^a   Mahmoud, H M ^a   Radwan, S S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ALCANIVORAX; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COBETIA; MARINOBACTER; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; ROSEOBACTER; STAPPIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 41849127770     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0937-8     Document Type: Article

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