Permeability of cyanobacterial mucous surface structures for macromolecules

Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-205

  Baulina, O I ^a   Titel, K ^b   Gorelova, O A ^a   Malai, O V ^a   Ehwald, R ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Exopolysaccharides; Intercellular interactions; Macromolecules; Mucous surface structures; Permeability; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 43049099990     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261708020136     Document Type: Article

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