Relationships between the cell volume and the carbon content of bacteria

Oceanology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 522-530

  Romanova, N D ^a   Sazhin, A F ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON; FIXATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956297650     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001437010040089     Document Type: Article

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