Aquatic heterotrophic bacteria have highly flexible phosphorus content and biomass stoichiometry

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2324-2327

  Godwin, Casey M ^a   Cotner, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HETEROTROPHY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHY; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84942199953     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.34     Document Type: Article

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