Laboratory studies on adhesion of microalgae to hard substrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 512, Issue , 2004, Pages 109-116

  Sekar, R ^b,c   Venugopalan, V P ^a   Satpathy, K K ^a   Nair, K V K ^a   Rao, V N R ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bacillariophyceae; Biofilms; Chlorophyceae; Cyanobacteria; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ALUMINUM; BACTERIA; CELLS; COPPER; GLASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

FRESHWATER; MICROALGAES;

ALGAE;

ADHESION; SUBSTRATE;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHROOCOCCUS; CHROOCOCCUS MINUTUS; CYANOBACTERIA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA AMPHIBIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 1842533584     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000020315.40349.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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