Tolerance of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria to NaCl

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-268

  Padhi, H ^a   Rath, B ^a   Adhikary, S P ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amino acids; Anabaena; Calothrix; Chlorophyll; Cylindrospermum; Extracellular saccharides; Nostoc; Scytonema; Westiellopsis

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; CALOTHRIX; CYLINDROSPERMUM; NOSTOC; SCYTONEMA; WESTIELLOPSIS;

EID: 0031544778     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001024821525     Document Type: Article

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