Abundance and diversity of heterotrophic bacterial cells assimilating phosphate in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2773-2782

  Longnecker, Krista ^a   Lomas, Michael W ^b   Van Mooy, Benjamin A S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; THYMIDINE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; LEUCINE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; THYMIDINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77957308484     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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