Factors affecting akinete differentiation in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 345-352

  Moore, David ^a,b   O'Donohue, Mark ^c   Garnett, Corinne ^a   Critchley, Christa ^a   Shaw, Glen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Water Qual Treatm ^*  (Australia)

^c S E QLD Water Corporation Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Akinete; Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; Light; Phosphorus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOSPHORUS; REPRODUCTION; SPORE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII; NOSTOCALES;

EID: 13444282586     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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