Physiological Structure and Single-Cell Activity in Marine Bacterioplankton

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 243-298

  Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial function, diversity maintenance and physiological structure; MAR FISH and cell phylogenetic affiliation; Marine bacterioplankton single cell activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891283567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470281840.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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