Alkaline phosphatase activity in two planktonic desmid species and the possible role of an extracellular envelope

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 503-513

  Spijkerman, Elly ^a   Coesel, Peter F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031958836     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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