Possible influence of bacterial quorum sensing on the hydrolysis of sinking particulate organic carbon in marine environments

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 682-688

  Hmelo, Laura R ^a,b   Mincer, Tracy J ^a   Van Mooy, Benjamin A S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859877113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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