Microbial community structure in two anchialine caves on Mljet Island (Adriatic sea);Struktura mikrobne zajednice u anhialinim špiljama na otoku Mljetu (Jadransko more)

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-197

  Krstulović, Nada ^a   Šolić, Mladen ^a   Maršić Lučić, Jasna ^a   Ordulj, Marin ^b   Šestanović, Stefanija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b Department of Marine Studies   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anchialine caves; Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CAVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; VIRUS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84891895686     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: 18460453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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