Vegetative survival of some wall and soil blue-green algae under stress conditions

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-350

  Gupta, S ^a   Agrawal, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALGAE; APHANOTHECE PALLIDA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA ATRATA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA BIRGEI; LYNGBYA MAJOR; MYXOSARCINA; OSCILLATORIA SUBBREVIS;

EID: 51349149492     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0053-7     Document Type: Article

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