Reconstitution of a cycad-cyanobacterial association

Symbiosis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-134

  Ow, Maria C ^a,b   Gantar, Miroslav ^a   Elhai, Jeff ^a,c,d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Mucilage; Nostoc; Symbiosis; Zamia

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

NOSTOC; ZAMIA FURFURACEA;

EID: 0033401236     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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