Spatiotemporal distribution of marine magnetotactic bacteria in a seasonally stratified coastal salt pond

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 6230-6239

  Simmons, S L ^a   Sievert, S M ^a   Frankel, R B ^b   Bazylinski, D A ^c   Edwards, K J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALTS;

MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA (MB); RESPIRATORY METABOLISM;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COASTAL WATERS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POND; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; FRESH WATER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IRON; MAGNETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASSACHUSETTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; OXIDES; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDES;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; SALT POND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 8144223173     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6230-6239.2004     Document Type: Article

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