A cautionary note on measuring protistan bacterivory by acid lysozyme

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Jenkins, David G ^a   Atkinson, Cheryl F ^b   Garland, Jay L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032347188     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226983     Document Type: Article

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