Culturable Rhodobacter and Shewanella species are abundant in estuarine turbidity maxima of the Columbia River

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-603

  Brauer S L ^a,b,c   Adams, C ^a   Kranzler, K ^b,c   Murphy, D ^b,c   Xu, M ^b,c   Zuber, P ^b,c   Simon, H M ^b,c   Baptista, A M ^b,c   Tebo, B M ^b,c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER; RIVER; SHEWANELLA;

BACTERIA; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER; RIVERS; SHEWANELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA SP.;

EID: 79952082495     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02360.x     Document Type: Article

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