Contrasting extracellular enzyme activities of particle-associated bacteria from distinct provinces of the north Atlantic Ocean

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Arnosti, Carol ^a   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Passow, Uta ^c,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Carbon cycling; Extracellular enzymes; Hydrolysis; Particles associated bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875901868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00425     Document Type: Article

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