TY  - GEN
AU  - Andreas Teske
AU  - Kai Ziervogel
AU  - Tony Gutierrez
AU  - Uta Passow
AU  - Antonietta Quigg
TI  - Microbial Exopolymers: Sources, Chemico-Physiological Properties, and Ecosystem Effects in the Marine Environment
SN  - 978-2-88945-602-4
PY  - 2018///
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
KW  - marine oil snow (MOS)
KW  - exopolymers
KW  - marine environment
KW  - biological pump
KW  - phytoplankton
KW  - marine snow
KW  - oceans
KW  - marine bacteria
KW  - exopolysaccharide substances (EPS)
KW  - organic carbon
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes) in marine environments secrete a diverse array of exopolymeric substances that facilitate attachment to surfaces, the formation of organic colloids and larger aggregations of cells (marine snow), and that can influence many ocean, as well as global, processes. The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight recent advances in the sources, chemistry and function of these microbial-produced macromolecules. We encouraged original research and reviews on exopolymeric substances, from their sources, chemico-physiological properties, functions and ecosystem effects, and including their role in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/4491/microbial-exopolymers-sources-chemico-physiological-properties-and-ecosystem-effects-in-the-marine-e
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53397
ER  -