Bacterial Flora of the Biofilm Formed on the Submerged Surface of the Reed Phragmites australis

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Yamamoto, Masayasu ^a   Murai, Hiroshi ^a   Takeda, Aya ^a   Okunishi, Suguru ^a   Morisaki, Hisao ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacterial flora; biofilm; denitrification activity; phylogenetic analysis; reed surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347377993     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.14     Document Type: Article

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