Spatial and seasonal variation in diversity and structure of microbial biofilms on marine plastics in Northern European waters

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 478-492

  Oberbeckmann, Sonja ^a,b   Loeder, Martin G J ^c   Gerdts, Gunnar ^c   Osborn, Mark A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

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

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm communities; European waters; Marine plastic debris; Marine plastic pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PROKARYOTE; SEA SURFACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

PLASTIC; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH SEA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84922395052     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12409     Document Type: Article

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