The relationship between critical pressure and width of gas vesicles in isolates of Planktothrix rubescens from Lake Zurich

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2769-2775

  Bright, D I ^a   Walsby, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial diversity; Gas vesicles; Planktothrix rubescens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

PLANKTOTHRIX RUBESCENS;

EID: 0032844241     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2769     Document Type: Article

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