Pioneering bacterial and algal communities and potential extracellular enzyme activities of stream biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-373

  Pohlon, Elisabeth ^a   Marxsen, Jürgen ^b,c   Küsel, Kirsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Biofilm; Community structure; Extracellular enzymes; Stream

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; EXO 1,4 BETA D XYLOSIDASE; EXO-1,4-BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PIONEER SPECIES; STREAM;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TIME;

ALGAE; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIOFILMS; GERMANY; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; XYLOSIDASES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROPHYTA; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 76049085003     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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