Bacteriolytic activity and growth of marine isolates of labyrinthulids on dead bacterial cells

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1286-1294

  Wahid, M Iftekharul ^a   Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Sakata, Taizo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axenic culture; Bacteriolytic activity; Carotenoid; Labyrinthulid; Zoospore

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LABYRINTHULIDA; LABYRINTHULIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 36749026340     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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