Fingerprinting of freshly separated and cultured cyanobionts from different Azolla species using morphological and molecular markers

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-147

  Sood, Anjuli ^a   Prasanna, Radha ^a   Singh, Pawan Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Azolla; Cyanobiont; PCR RFLP; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; ENZYME; FERN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; AZOLLA MICROPHYLLA; AZOLLA PINNATA; AZOLLA RUBRA;

EID: 37349128526     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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