Role of Cell Hydrophobicity on Colony Formation in Microcystis (Cyanobacteria)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Yang, Hualin ^a   Cai, Yuanfeng ^a   Xia, Meng ^a   Wang, Xingyu ^a   Shi, Limei ^a   Li, Pengfu ^a   Kong, Fanxiang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Colonial form; Competitive advantage; Cyanobacterial bloom; Extracellular polysaccharide; Unicellular form

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLONY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PH; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; XYLENE;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 79956016701     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201011312     Document Type: Article

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