Sulfur respiration in a marine chemolithoautotrophic Beggiatoa strain

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Schwedt, Anne ^a   Kreutzmann, Anne Christin ^a   Polerecky, Lubos ^a   Schulz Vogt, Heide N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beggiatoa; Gradient cultivation; Microelectrodes; Migration; Sulfur reduction

Indexed keywords

BEGGIATOA;

EID: 84875796804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00276     Document Type: Article

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