Microscopy methods applied to research on cyanobacteria

Limnetica

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 179-186

  Hernandez Marine M ^a   Clavero, E ^a   Roldan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Laser scanning microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS);

EID: 21044453759     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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