Ecological niche separation in the Polynucleobacter subclusters linked to quality of dissolved organic matter: A demonstration using a high sensitivity cultivation-based approach

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2511-2525

  Watanabe, Keiji ^a   Komatsu, Nobuyuki ^b   Kitamura, Tatsumi ^b   Ishii, Yuichi ^c   Park, Ho Dong ^d   Miyata, Ryo ^e   Noda, Naohiro ^e   Sekiguchi, Yuji ^e   Satou, Takayuki ^a   Watanabe, Mirai ^a   Yamamura, Shigeki ^a   Imai, Akio ^a   Hayashi, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Prefectural Kasumigaura Environmental Science Center   (Japan)

^c The Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POLYNUCLEOBACTER;

EID: 84865799051     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02815.x     Document Type: Article

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