Cyanobacteria of the thermal spring at Pancharevo, Sofia, Bulgaria

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-208

  Lukavský, Jaromír ^a   Furnadzhieva, Sevdalina ^b   Pilarski, Plamen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cyanobacteria; Pancharevo; Thermal spring

Indexed keywords

CALOTHRIX THERMALIS; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA GELATINOSA; LYNGBYA; MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS; PHORMIDIUM CORIUM; PHORMIDIUM MOLLE; PHORMIDIUM PAPYRACEUM; SYMPLOCA;

EID: 80054046910     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10184-010-0015-4     Document Type: Article

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