Assemblage of benthic diatoms and culturable heterotrophs in shallow-water hydrothermal vent of the D. João de Castro Seamount, Azores in the Atlantic Ocean

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1715-1723

  Raghukumar, C ^a   Mohandass, C ^a   Cardígos, F ^b   D'Costa, P M ^a   Santos, R S ^b   Colaço, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Hydrolytic enzymes; Shallow water hydrothermal vent; Thraustochytrids

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 60449083555     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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