Microbial functioning and community structure variability in the mesopelagic and epipelagic waters of the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3309-3316

  Baltar, Federico ^a,e   Arístegui, Javier ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^b   Herndl, Gerhard J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; ABUNDANCE RATIOS; ARCHAEAL; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CANARY ISLANDS; CELL VIABILITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; LEUCINE INCORPORATION; MESOPELAGIC; MESOSCALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; NUCLEIC ACID CONTENTS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SURFACE PRODUCTIVITY; UPWELLING FILAMENTS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TROPICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

LEUCINE; NUCLEIC ACID; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTIC ZONE; PROKARYOTE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; BIOTA; LEUCINE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE BLANC; SPAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861120101     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07962-11     Document Type: Article

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