Direct single-cell biomass estimates for marine bacteria via Archimedes' principle

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 825-828

  Cermak, Nathan ^a   Becker, Jamie W ^b   Knudsen, Scott M ^b   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a,b   Manalis, Scott R ^b   Polz, Martin F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85001716995     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.161     Document Type: Article

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