Leucine-to-carbon empirical conversion factor experiments: Does bacterial community structure have an influence?

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2988-2997

  Alonso Saez, Laura ^a   Pinhassi, Jarone ^b   Pernthaler, Jakob ^c   Gasol, Josep M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEUCINE; SEA WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALTEROMONADACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEASON; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALTEROMONADACEAE; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CARBON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FOOD; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUCINE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALTEROMONADACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTERACEAE;

EID: 78249280593     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02276.x     Document Type: Article

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