How to live at very low substrate concentration

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4826-4837

  Egli, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assimilable organic carbon (AOC); Drinking water; Flow cytometry; Growth kinetics; Heterotrophs; Mmixed substrate growth; Oligotrophy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH KINETICS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE WATERS;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIAL CELLS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON SUBSTRATES; HETEROTROPHS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MMIXED SUBSTRATE GROWTH; OLIGOTROPHY; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

NUTRIENTS;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTRATE; SUGAR; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957296792     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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