Photosensitized inactivation of cyst forms of the freshwater amoeba Vahlkampfia hartmanni by aluminium (III) phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate

Environmentalist

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Kassab, Kawser ^a   Al Herrawy, Ahmad Z ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminium phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate; Photoinactivation; Vahlkampfia hartmanni

Indexed keywords

CYST; IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER TREATMENT;

VAHLKAMPFIA;

EID: 26244431919     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-005-3092-5     Document Type: Article

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