Growth kinetics of five common heterotrophic soil flagellates

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-24

  Ekelund, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bodo designis; Cercomonas; Growth rates; Heteromita globosa; Physiology; Protists; Soil flagellates; Spumella

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002277815     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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