Analysis of how a biofilm forms on the surface of the aquatic macrophyte Phragmites australis

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-272

  Hiraki, Ayami ^a   Tsuchiya, Yuki ^a   Fukuda, Yasuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuya ^a   Kurniawan, Andi ^a   Morisaki, Hisao ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Biofilm; Formation process; Nutrient ions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 70349898248     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09122     Document Type: Article

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