The thermal responses and activation energy of PSII, nitrate uptake and nitrate reductase activities of two geographically different isolates of Anabaena

Cytobios

Volumn 1999, Issue 390, 1999, Pages 7-17

  Shukla, S P ^a   Kashyap, A K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Anabaena; Antarctica; Nitrate uptake reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008482295     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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