title: Influence of physical disruption on growth of attached bacteria.
abstract: Attached bacterial populations cultured without an exogenous carbon source or grown in conjunction with attached diatoms incorporated [H]thymidine at a rate between four and five times lower than that of replicate bacterial populations which were dispersed before being assayed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Department of Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cooksey
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Priscu