Spatial Distribution of the Microbial Community to Develop on a Slide Glass Submerged in River Water

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Morikawa, Kazuko ^a   Shibuya, Toshiharu ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

algae; bacterial community; biofilm forming process; pioneer; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344399965     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2000.85     Document Type: Article

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