River organic matter shapes microbial communities in the sediment of the Rhône prodelta

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2327-2338

  Fagervold, Sonja K ^a,b   Bourgeois, Solveig ^a,b   Pruski, Audrey M ^a,b   Charles, François ^a,b   Kerhervé, Philippe ^c,d   Vétion, Gilles ^a,b   Galand, Pierre E ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

microbial community structure; organic matter quality; prodelta; sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DELTA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; WATER DEPTH;

FRANCE; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS;

EID: 84908235450     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.86     Document Type: Article

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