Influence of ecological factors on alkaline phosphatase activity of the blue-green alga Anabaena species from a deep-water rice ecosystem

Cytobios

Volumn 1996, Issue 346, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Kumar, A ^a   Mahasneh, Ihsan A ^b   Tiwari, D N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Anabaena; Deep water rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042947994     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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