Colonization in the photic zone and subsequent changes during sinking determine bacterial community composition in marine snow

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1463-1471

  Thiele, Stefan ^a,d   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Iversen, Morten H ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS;

ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DRIFTING SEDIMENT TRAPS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES;

SNOW;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MARINE SNOW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTIC ZONE; SEDIMENT TRAP;

CAPE BLANC; MAURITANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

SEA WATER; SNOW;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SNOW;

EID: 84922021091     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02570-14     Document Type: Article

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