Oligotrophic Bacterioplankton with a Novel Single-Cell Life Strategy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2445-2451

  Simu, Karin ^a   Hagström, Åke ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; IMMOBILIZED CELLS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AGAR; FLUORESCENT DYE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; LIFE CYCLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION;

AGAR; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4444344357     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2445-2451.2004     Document Type: Article

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