Seasonal and successional influences on bacterial community composition exceed that of protozoan grazing in river biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2013-2024

  Wey, Jennifer K ^a,b   Jürgens, Klaus ^c   Weiterea, Markus ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BYPASS SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); GRAZING PRESSURE; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISMS; SIZE FRACTIONATION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTOZOA;

BIOFILMS;

FRESH WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

ALVEOLATA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALVEOLATA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FRESH WATER; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RIVERS; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 84857870139     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06517-11     Document Type: Article

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