Bacterioplankton growth on extracellular organic carbon from marine microalgal cultures

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-251

  Kormas, Konstantinos Ar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dissolved organic carbon; Mediterranean; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; GROWTH; ORGANIC CARBON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS GRACILIS; CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA;

EID: 26944460836     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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