Morphological and physiological changes in Microcystis aeruginosa as a result of interactions with heterotrophic bacteria

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1065-1080

  Shen, Hong ^a,b   Niu, Yuan ^b   Xie, Ping ^a,b   Tao, Min ^b   Yang, Xi ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Community composition; Extracellular polysaccharide; Heterotrophic bacteria; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PORPHYROBACTER;

EID: 79954603514     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02551.x     Document Type: Article

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