Spatial and temporal dynamics of the cell density in a plume of phototrophic microorganisms in their natural environment

Documenta dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia

Volumn , Issue 63, 1998, Pages 121-126

  Egli, Konrad ^a   Wiggli, Markus ^a   Klug, Johannes ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial movements; Chromatium okenii; In vivo; Oscillations; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM;

EID: 0032413959     PISSN: 03938395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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