Blue-green algal flora on the rock surface of temples and monuments of India

Feddes Repertorium

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 133-144

  Tripathy, P ^a   Roy, A ^a   Anand, N ^a,b   Adhikary, S P ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CALOTHRIX; CHLOROGLOEOPSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FISCHERELLA; GLOEOCAPSOPSIS; GLOEOTHECE; HAPALOSIPHON; LYNGBYA; MYXOSARCINA; NOSTOC; PHORMIDIUM; PLECTONEMA; TOLYPOTHRIX; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032892103     PISSN: 00148962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19991100121     Document Type: Article

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