Isolation and characterization of extracellular polysaccharides from the epipelic diatoms Cylindrotheca closterium and Navicula salinarum

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-169

  Staats, Natascha ^a   De Winder, Ben ^a,c   Stal, Lucas J ^b   Mur, Luuc R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cylindrotheca closterium; Diatoms; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances; Microphytobenthos; Navicula salinarum; Polysaccharide; Sediment stabilization

Indexed keywords

AXENIC CULTURE; BIOFILM GROWTH; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBE METABOLISM; MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION; SUGAR; URONIC ACID;

CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; NAVICULA SALINARUM;

EID: 0033027514     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026299002097     Document Type: Article

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