Influence of nutrient ratios on the in vitro extracellular polysaccharide production by marine diatoms from the Adriatic Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1681-1690

  Penna, Antonella ^a   Berluti, Simone ^a   Penna, Nunzio ^a   Magnani, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CELL GROWTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION; SILICON;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS SP.; CLOSTERIUM; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0032847596     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.9.1681     Document Type: Article

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