title: Enumeration of particle-bound and unattached respiring bacteria in the salt marsh environment.
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-mum 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.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Engineering and Science, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Young