Diurnal variation in enterococcus species composition in polluted ocean water and a potential role for the enterococcal carotenoid in protection against photoinactivation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Maraccini, Peter A ^a   Ferguson, Donna M ^b   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID PIGMENTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; MARINE BEACHES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; OCEAN WATER; PHOTOINACTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIAS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLAR SIMULATOR; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BACILLI; COMPETITION;

SEAWATER;

CAROTENOID; PIGMENT; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOMINANCE; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROCOSM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SIMILARITY INDEX; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEA; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOTA; CAROTENOIDS; ENTEROCOCCUS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTION;

AVALON BAY; CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 84855736799     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06821-11     Document Type: Article

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