Cell-cell interaction in the eukaryote-prokaryote model of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and the bacterium Azospirillum brasilense immobilized in polymer beads

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1350-1359

  de Bashan, Luz E ^a,c   Schmid, Michael ^b   Rothballer, Michael ^b   Hartmann, Anton ^b   Bashan, Yoav ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c The Bashan Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Biofilm; Chlorella; Microalgae; Plant growth promoting bacteria

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA VULGARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 82955249250     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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