Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in Antarctic sea ice and seawater

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 710-716

  Koh, Eileen Y ^a,b   Phua, William ^a,c   Ryan, Ken G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c National Junior College   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 84859875515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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