Ability of Pseudoalteromonas tunicata to colonize natural biofilms and its effect on microbial community structure

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-457

  Rao, Dhana ^a,b   Skovhus, Torben ^a,c   Tujula, Niina ^a   Holmström, Carola ^a   Dahllöf, Ingela ^d   Webb, Jeremy S ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biofilm; epiphytic community; invasion; Phaeobacter; Pseudoalteromonas tunicata

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; RHODOBACTERACEAE; ULVA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEAWATER; ULVA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAEOBACTER; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS TUNICATA; ULVA; ULVA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77955256914     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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