Production of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in cultures of Chaetoceros calcitrans under nitrogen limitation

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-72

  Corzo, Alfonso ^a   Morillo, Jose Antonio ^a   Rodríguez, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chaetoceros calcitrans; Nitrogen limitation; TEP; Transparent expolymer particles

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS CALCITRANS; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 0034610220     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame023063     Document Type: Article

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