Potential of the northern Adriatic bacterioplankton for the production of transparent exopolymer particles

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-387

  Radić, Tomislav ^a   Radić, Jadranka ^a   Najdek, Mirjana ^a   Fuks, Dragica ^a   Blažina, Maria ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Northern Adriatic; TEP; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842610883     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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