Morphological transformation in a freshwater Cyanobium sp. induced by grazers

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1858-1862

  Jezberová, Jitka ^a,b   Komárková, Jaroslava ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OCHROMONAS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CYANOBACTERIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCHROMONAS; PHENOTYPE;

CYANOBIUM; CYANOBIUM GRACILE; OCHROMONAS; PROTISTA;

EID: 34250196121     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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