Climate change and the potential spreading of marine mucilage and microbial pathogens in the mediterranean sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Umani, Serena Fonda ^b   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; VIRUS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COLLOID; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEL; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENT; GELS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70349617310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007006     Document Type: Article

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