Microbial metabolism of transparent exopolymer particles during the summer months along a eutrophic estuary system

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Bar Zeev, Edo ^a   Rahav, Eyal ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BCD; BGE; Ectoenzyme; Estuary; Heterotrophic bacteria; Polysaccharides; TEP; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLYMER; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHAN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUMMER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84931267176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00403     Document Type: Article

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