Composition influences the pathway but not the outcome of the metabolic response of bacterioplankton to resource shifts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Comte, Jérôme ^a   del Giorgio, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CANADA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATERSHED; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON;

EID: 80053182613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025266     Document Type: Article

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