A comparative study of cyanobacterial diversity in polluted and unpolluted microbial mats by means CLSM

Ophelia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Diestra, Elia ^a,b   Solé, Antonio ^a   Esteve, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Crude oil pollution; Cyanobacteria; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUDE OIL; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MAT; OIL POLLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

APHANOTHECE; APHANOTHECE SP.; CHROOCOCCUS; COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; LEPTOLYNGBYA SP.; LIMNOTHRIX; LYNGBYA; MERISMOPEDIA; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS SP.; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM SP.; PLEUROCAPSA; PSEUDANABAEANA; PSEUDANABAENA SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 11844280330     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2004.10410222     Document Type: Article

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