Responses of morphological, physiological, and biochemical parameters in Euglena gracilis to 7-days exposure to two commonly used fertilizers DAP and urea

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-33

  Azizullah, Azizullah ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; DAP; Euglena gracilis; Motility; Photosynthesis; Urea

Indexed keywords

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 84855828655     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-010-9641-4     Document Type: Article

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