Analysis of the agglutinating activity from unicellular algae

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-408

  Chu, Chun Yao ^a   Huang, Rang ^b   Lin, Lian Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agglutinating activity; Cluster analysis; Microalgae; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 34548436559     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-006-9146-3     Document Type: Article

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