Cryopreservation: Fundamentals, mechanisms of damage on freezing/thawing and application in culture collections

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 191-205

  Day, John G ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33044483776     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2004/0079-0191     Document Type: Article

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