Structure and composition of aggregates in two large European rivers, based on confocal laser scanning microscopy and image and statistical analyses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5952-5962

  Luef, Birgit ^a   Neu, Thomas R ^b   Zweimüller, Irene ^a   Peduzzi, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AQUATIC HABITATS; ARCHAEA; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DANUBE RIVERS; DATA SETS; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; ELBE RIVER; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GLYCOCONJUGATES; MICROBIAL ORIGINS; MULTI-CHANNEL RECORDING; NEGATIVE STAINING; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES;

CARBOHYDRATES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; SCANNING;

AGGREGATES;

AMMONIA; CELL DNA; FLUOROCHROME; GLYCOCONJUGATE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGGREGATE; GEOSTATISTICS; LASER; POLYMER; RIVER;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EUROPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; RIVER; STAINING;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA; EUROPE; FUNGI; GLYCOCONJUGATES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHATES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RIVERS; SEASONS; VIRUSES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70149088597     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00186-09     Document Type: Article

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