Constitutive extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) production by specific isolates of crocosphaera watsonii

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Sohm, Jill A ^a   Edwards, Bethanie R ^a   Wilson, Brian G ^a   Webb, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocosphaera; Diazotroph; Extracellular polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CROCOSPHAERA; CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84866323638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00229     Document Type: Article

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