Chemical, physiological and molecular-biological investigations in the microbial mats West of Cadagno in the Piora Valley

Documenta dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia

Volumn , Issue 63, 1998, Pages 127-136

  Wiggli, Markus ^b   Schenk, Astrid ^b   Horath, Thomi ^b   Stettler, Rolf ^b   Lüthy, Lukas ^b   Grüter, Dominique ^b   Buchs, Urs ^b   Smallcombe, Anna ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^b  

^a Bio Rad Microscopy Division   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Habitat heterogeneity; Homoserine lactones; Microbial mats; Quorum sensing; Reflectance spectra; Scanning laser confocal microscopy; TTGE

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL MAT;

EID: 0032447977     PISSN: 03938395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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