Pattern of Akinete Differentiation in the Cyanobacterium Scytonema fritschii

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 649-656

  Sarma, T A ^a   Ghai, R ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

SCYTONEMA FRITSCHII;

EID: 0346399920     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02816384     Document Type: Article

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