The effects of N:P ratio and nitrogen form on four major freshwater bacterial taxa in biofilms

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-43

  Barlett, Melissa A ^a   Leff, Laura G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ADDITION; BACTERIAL TAXA; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; INCUBATION PERIODS; MOLAR RATIO; N:P RATIO; NITROGEN FORM; NITROGEN SOURCES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PROTEOBACTERIA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOPHAGA; FRESH WATER; NITRATES; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 76749090589     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-099     Document Type: Article

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