Applicability of the fluorescein diacetate assay for metabolic activity measurement of Microcystis aeruginosa (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria)

Phycological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-207

  Li, Jie ^a,b   Ou, Danyun ^c   Zheng, Lingling ^a   Gan, Nanqin ^a   Song, Lirong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOA Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic   (China)

Author keywords

Esterase activity; Fluorescein diacetate; Low temperature; Metabolic activity; Metabolic vigor; Photosynthetic activity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL ORGANELLE; CORRELATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79959784703     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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