Cyanobacteria of the genus Prochlorothrix

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Pinevich, Alexander ^a   Velichko, Natalia ^a   Ivanikova, Natalia ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Prochlorophytes; Prochlorothrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875769678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00173     Document Type: Review

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