Detection of microbial biomass by intact polar membrane lipid analysis in the water column and surface sediments of the Black Sea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2720-2734

  Schubotz, Florence ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b   Lipp, Julius S ^a   Fredricks, Helen F ^c   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SEA WATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EUROPE, EASTERN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLYCOLIPIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349677472     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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