Luminous bacteria in the deep-sea waters near the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope (Mediterranean Sea)

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-72

  Ali, Badr Al ^a   Garel, Marc ^a   Cuny, Philippe ^a   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^b   Toubal, Tarik ^b   Robert, Anne ^a   Tamburini, Christian ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

Author keywords

ANTARES neutrino telescope; CARD FISH; Deep sea microbiology; High pressure device; Hydrostatic pressure; Luminous bacteria; Marine microbial ecology; Mediterranean Sea; Prokaryotic diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 77449135251     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540903513766     Document Type: Article

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