Small Changes in pH Have Direct Effects on Marine Bacterial Community Composition: A Microcosm Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Krause, Evamaria ^a   Wichels, Antje ^a   Giménez, Luis ^b   Lunau, Mirko ^c   Schilhabel, Markus B ^d   Gerdts, Gunnar ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PYROSEQUENCING; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NORTH SEA; RHODOBACTERACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84867417676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047035     Document Type: Article

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