Ecto-cellular enzyme activity associated with filamentous cyanobacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-161

  Stoecker, Diane ^a   Autio, Riitta ^b   Rintala, Janne Markus ^b,c   Kuosa, Harri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Baltic Sea; Leucine aminopeptidase; Nodularia spumigena

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 26244432937     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame040151     Document Type: Article

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