Extracellular polysaccharides produced by a tropical cryptophyte as a carbon source for natural bacterial populations

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Giroldo, Danilo ^a   Vieira, Armando A H ^b   Paulsen, Berit S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Cryptomonas tetrapyrenoidosa; Cryptophyta; Extracellular polysaccharide; Microbial degradation

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS TETRAPYRENOIDOSA; CRYPTOPHYTA;

EID: 27244449303     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260500192810     Document Type: Article

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