Motility of bacteria in sediments

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Fenchel, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial motility; Chemotaxis; Marine sediments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44649126073     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01182     Document Type: Article

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