Digestion of Chlorella Cells by Chlorovirus-encoded Polysaccharide Degrading Enzymes

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 206-212

  Chuchird, Niti ^a   Hiramatsu, Shingo ^a   Sugimoto, Ichiro ^a   Fujie, Makoto ^a   Usami, Shoji ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chlorovirus; halo assay; new laboratory host; zoochlorella

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442289588     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2001.206     Document Type: Article

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