Enzyme production in the traps of aquatic Utricularia species

Biologia

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-278

  Adamec, Lubomír ^a   Sirová, Dagmara ^b,c   Vrba, Jaroslav ^b,c   Rejmánková, Eliška ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Aquatic carnivorous plants; Extracellular enzyme activity; Growth experiment; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphatase; Trap fluid pH

Indexed keywords

LENTIBULARIACEAE; UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA AUSTRALIS; UTRICULARIA FOLIOSA; UTRICULARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 77951761290     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-010-0002-1     Document Type: Article

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