A simple combined method for determination of β-1,3-glucan and cell wall polysaccharides in diatoms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 155-161

  Granum, Espen ^a   Myklestad, Sverre M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

1,3 glucan; Cell wall; Chemical analysis; Diatoms; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

CELLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CELL WALL;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DIATOM; METHODOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0036624692     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021077407766     Document Type: Article

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