Isolation and characterization of cyanobacteria from microbial mats of the Ebro Delta, Spain

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-204

  Urmeneta, Jordi ^a   Navarrete, Antoni ^a   Huete, Javier ^a   Guerrero, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; LYNGBYA AESTUARII; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA AESTUARII; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; NEGIBACTERIA;

BIOMASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; SPAIN;

EID: 0038182636     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3856-9     Document Type: Article

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