Diversity of urea-degrading microorganisms in open-ocean and estuarine planktonic communities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3118-3131

  Collier, Jackie L ^a   Baker, Kristopher M ^a,b   Bell, Sheryl L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phyllis Yezzo is the CNO Linda DiDomenico is the director of infection control and Holly Hesse is a nurse currently completing her BSN degree   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; UREA; UREASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; UREA; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71249129581     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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