Major role of microbes in carbon fluxes during austral winter in the southern Drake Passage

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Manganelli, Maura ^a   Malfatti, Francesca ^b   Samo, Ty J ^b   Mitchell, B Greg ^c   Wang, Haili ^c   Azam, Farooq ^b  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WINTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70349209126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006941     Document Type: Article

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