Nitrate and phosphate affect cultivability of cyanobacteria from environments with low nutrient levels

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3379-3383

  Ernst, Anneliese ^a   Deicher, Manfred ^b   Herman, Peter M J ^a   Wollenzien, Ute I A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; MESOTROPHIC SUBALPINE LAKES; NON-BLOOM-FORMING; PICOCYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH INHIBITION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FRESH WATER; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 20444374682     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3379-3383.2005     Document Type: Article

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