Exopolysaccharide production and attachment strength of bacteria and diatoms on substrates with different surface tensions

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-33

  Becker, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BIOLAB Forschunginstitut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHORA COFFAEIFORMIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0029835180     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00170104     Document Type: Article

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