Microphytobenthic extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in intertidal sediments fuel both generalist specialist EPS-degrading bacteria

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1463-1480

  Taylor, Joe D ^a   McKew, Boyd A ^a   Kuhl, Alison ^b   McGenity, Terry J ^a   Underwood, Graham J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; GENERALIST; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYTOBENTHOS;

COLNE ESTUARY; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NAVICULA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITZSCHIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84878748340     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.4.1463     Document Type: Article

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