Growth and survival potentials of immobilized diazotrophic cyanobacterial isolates exposed to common ricefield herbicides

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-446

  Singh, Surendra ^a   Datta, Pallavi ^a  

^a RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofertilizers; Cyanobacteria; Herbicides; Immobilization; Survivability of immobilized cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CELL MEMBRANES; HERBICIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ANABAENA VARIALIS; HETEROCYSTS; IMMOBILIZED DIAZOTROPHIC CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

BACTERIA;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; APHANOCAPSA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); NOSTOC; NOSTOC CALCICOLA; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

EID: 22944440938     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-004-1877-1     Document Type: Article

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