Studies on polysaccharides from three edible species of Nostoc (Cyanobacteria) with different colony morphologies: Comparison of monosaccharide compositions and viscosities of polysaccharides from field colonies and suspension cultures

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 962-968

  Huang, Zebo ^a   Liu, Yongding ^a   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^b   Klaveness, Dag ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Extracellular polymers; Field colony; Monosaccharide composition; Nostoc; Polysaccharides; Suspension culture; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC FLAGELLIFORME; NOSTOC SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0032422899     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340962.x     Document Type: Article

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