Microbial communities in streambed sediments recovering from desiccation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 374-386

  Marxsen, Jürgen ^a,b   Zoppini, Annamaria ^c   Wilczek, Sabine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial community composition; Climate change; Drought; Extracellular enzymes; Rewetting; Stream

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEADWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REWETTING; STREAM BED;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76049126162     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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