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. 1980 Jul;40(1):156–160. doi: 10.1128/aem.40.1.156-160.1980

Enumeration of Particle-Bound and Unattached Respiring Bacteria in the Salt Marsh Environment

R W Harvey 1, L Y Young 1
PMCID: PMC291538  PMID: 16345589

Abstract

Proportions of respiring bacteria determined with a 2-(p-iodophenyl)-3-(p-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride dye-epifluorescent technique were significantly elevated in the 300-μm surface layer of a salt marsh estuary. Almost all the detectably respiring bacteria in the particle-laden surface layer and a significant proportion in subsurface waters were attached to particles.

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