Ciliate contributions to bioaggregation: Laboratory assays with axenic cultures of Tetrahymena thermophila

International Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Arregui, Lucía ^a   Serrano, Susana ^a   Linares, María ^a   Pérez Uz, Blanca ^a   Guinea, Almudena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Flocculation; Tetrahymena thermophila; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 34547435322     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.13     Document Type: Article

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