Contrasting extracellular enzyme activities of particle-associated bacteria from distinct provinces of the North Atlantic Ocean

Microbial communities play a key role in the marine carbon cycle, processing much of phytoplankton-derived organic matter. The composition of these communities varies by depth, season, and location in the ocean; the functional consequences of these compositional variations for the carbon cycle are o...

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Main Authors: Carol eArnosti, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf eAmann, Uta ePassow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00425/full