Relationships Between Coastal Bacterioplankton Growth Rates and Biomass Production: Comparison of Leucine and Thymidine Uptake with Single-Cell Physiological Characteristics

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 328-341

  Franco Vidal, Leticia ^a   Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79951516638     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9778-3     Document Type: Article

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