Production of chlorinated hydrocarbons and methyl iodide by the red microalga Porphyridium purpureum

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 703-707

  Scarratt, M G ^a,b   Moore, R M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 0032902040     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0703     Document Type: Article

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