Chemotactic response of marine micro-organisms to micro-scale nutrient layers

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Seymour, Justin R ^a   Marcos, ^a   Stocker, Roman ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Issue 4; Microbial community; Microbiology; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055118772     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/203     Document Type: Article

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