Prokaryotic carbon utilization in the dark ocean: Growth efficiency, leucine-to-carbon conversion factors, and their relation

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Baltar, Federico ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^b   Herndl, Gerhard J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep ocean; Leucine to carbon conversion factor; Prokaryotic growth efficiency

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77955621498     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01422     Document Type: Article

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