Grazing resistant freshwater bacteria profit from chitin and cell-wall-derived organic carbon

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2019-2030

  Eckert, Ester M ^a   Baumgartner, Michael ^a   Huber, Iris M ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHITIN; FRESH WATER; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; CARBON; CELL WALL; CHITIN; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLANKTON;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; SAPROSPIRACEAE;

EID: 84880046328     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12083     Document Type: Article

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