Distribution and activity of Bacteria and Archaea in the different water masses of the Tyrrhenian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 700-712

  Tamburini, Christian ^a   Garel, Marc ^a   Al Ali, Badr ^a   Mérigot, Bastien ^a   Kriwy, Pascal ^a   Charrière, Bruno ^a   Budillon, Giorgio ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrostatic pressure; Mesopelagic and bathypelagic waters; Organic matter degradation; Prokaryotic diversity; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

AMINO PEPTIDASE; ARCHAEA; ATLANTIC WATER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CRENARCHAEOTA; DEEP WATER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN-SITU; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEDIAN VALUE; MESOPELAGIC AND BATHYPELAGIC WATERS; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION; PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; PROKARYOTIC DIVERSITY; PROKARYOTIC PRODUCTION; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

SEAWATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; DEEP WATER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67349165864     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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