The biodiversity of subaerophytic phototrophic biofilms from Maltese hypogea

Fottea

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-201

  Zammit, Gabrielle ^a   Billi, Daniela ^b   Shubert, Elliot ^c   Kaštovský, Jan ^d   Albertano, Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Catacombs; Cyanobacteria; Cyanoprokaryotes; Hypogea; Leptolyngbya; Microalgae; Oscillatoriales; Phototrophic biofilms; Stigonematales; Subaerophytic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959726078     PISSN: 18025439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2011.018     Document Type: Article

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