Complementary support for the new ecological concept of 'bacterial independence on contemporary phytoplankton production' in oceanic waters

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-209

  Fouilland, Eric ^a   Mostajir, Behzad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Interactions; Microbial community; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80054116241     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01170.x     Document Type: Letter

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