Starved bacteria retain their size but lose culturability - Lessons from a 5000 years old undisturbed A-horizon

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1379-1382

  Vestergård, Mette ^a,b   Ekelund, Flemming ^a   Winding, Anne ^c   Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr ^a,d   Christensen, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AODC; Bacteria; Cell diameter; Cell viability; CFU; Culturability; Palaeosoil; Size filtration; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AODC; CELL DIAMETER; CELL VIABILITY; CFU; CULTURABILITY; PALAEOSOIL; SIZE FILTRATION; STARVATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS;

CELLS;

BACTERIUM; COLONY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PALEOSOL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79954576300     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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