Occurrence and characterization of psychrotolerant hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria from surface seawater along the Victoria Land coast (Antarctica)

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 929-943

  Lo Giudice, Angelina ^a   Casella, P ^b   Caruso, C ^a   Mangano, S ^a   Bruni, V ^a   de Domenico, M ^a   Michaud, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARDRA; Cultivable bacteria; Hydrocarburic substrate specificity; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMPLIFICATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; DATABASE; DIESEL; DNA; EXTREMOPHILE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CRYOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA;

EID: 77953869339     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0770-7     Document Type: Article

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