Dissolution of calcite in the twilight zone: Bacterial control of dissolution of sinking planktonic carbonates is unlikely

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Bissett, Andrew ^a   Neu, Thomas R ^b   de Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; FORAMINIFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA; OSTREIDAE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANKTON;

EID: 81055129655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026404     Document Type: Article

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