Significance of bacterial activity for the distribution and dynamics of transparent exopolymer particles in the Mediterranean Sea

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 808-818

  Ortega Retuerta, Eva ^a,b,d   Duarte, Carlos M ^c   Reche, Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953324767     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9640-7     Document Type: Article

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