Respiration rates in marine heterotrophic bacteria relate to the cytometric characteristics of bacterioplankton communities

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1161-1169

  Schapira, Mathilde ^a,b   Pollet, Thomas ^a,c   Mitchell, James G ^a   Seuront, L ^a,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria abundances; Community structure; Flow cytometry; Marine bacteria; Respiration rates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESPIRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 74049105191     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000617     Document Type: Article

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