Chemotaxonomy of planktonic cyanobacteria based on non-polar and 3-hydroxy fatty acid composition

Phycological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Li, Renhui ^a   Yokota, Akira ^b   Sugiyama, Junta ^b   Watanabe, Masayuki ^c   Hiroki, Mikiya ^d   Watanabe, Makoto M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy fatty acids; Chemotaxonomy; Fatty acid; Non polar fatty acids; Planktonic cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; MICROCYSTIS; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA AGARDHII; OSCILLATORIA RACIBORSKII; PLANKTOTHRICOIDES RACIBORSKII; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA SUBSALSA;

EID: 0031853230     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1998.tb00093.x     Document Type: Article

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