Release of dissolved carbohydrates by Emiliania huxleyi and formation of transparent exopolymer particles depend on algal life cycle and bacterial activity

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1514-1531

  Van Oostende, Nicolas ^a,c   Moerdijk Poortvliet, Tanja C W ^b   Boschker, Henricus T S ^b   Vyverman, Wim ^a   Sabbe, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN; POLYMER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPTOPHYTA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; HAPTOPHYTA; NITROGEN; POLYMERS; SEAWATER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84876497085     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02873.x     Document Type: Article

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