Protection of protein from bacterial degradation by submicron particles

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Borch, Niels Henrik ^a,b   Kirchman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colloids; Dissolved lipids; Protein degradation; Submicron particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001087804     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016265     Document Type: Article

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