Extracellular enzyme activities in benthic cyanobacterial mats: Comparison between nutrient-enriched and control sites in marshes of northern Belize

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-20

  Sirova, Dagmara ^a   Vrba, Jaroslav ^a,b   Rejmankova, Eliska ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b AS CR   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Arylsulphatase; Extracellular polymeric substances; Leucine aminopeptidase; Phosphorus; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33748748796     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame044011     Document Type: Article

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