Growth promotion by a groundwater fulvic acid in a bacteria/algae system

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-100

  Steinberg, C E W ^a,b   Bach, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axenic Algal Assay; Bacteria containing Algal Assay; Groundwater Fulvic Acids; Growth Promotion; Scenedesmus subspicatus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 0001049147     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aheh.19960240207     Document Type: Article

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