Enrichment of Rotifers Brachionus plicatilis with eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid produced by bacteria

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-318

  Lewis, Tom ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^b   Hart, Piers R ^c   Nichols, David S ^a   McMeekin, Tom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; COLWELLIA PSYCHRERYTHRAEA; ROTIFERA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA GELIDIMARINA;

AQUACULTURE; DIET; FATTY ACID;

EID: 0032438244     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1998.tb00652.x     Document Type: Article

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