Organic Matter-Bacteria Interactions in Seawater

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 207-241

  Nagata, Toshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial community structure and organic matter utilization; Dissolved organic matter (DOM) bacteria interactions and POM bacteria interactions; Seawater organic matter bacteria interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891301536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470281840.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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