Simultaneous cultivation of Spirulina platensis and the toxigenic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Vieira Costa, Jorge Alberto ^a   De Morais, Michele Greque ^a   Dalcanton, Francieli ^a   Da Cruz Reichert, Carolina ^a   Durante, Andrei José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microcystis aeruginosa; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 33645067386     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-1-219     Document Type: Article

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