Microflora and Mineralization Activity in the Bottom Sediment of Lake Biwa

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Okunishi, Suguru ^a   Yokota, Ki Ichiro ^b   Morisaki, Hisao ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

colony formation curve; Lake Biwa; microflora; mineralization activity; sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024740100     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2000.1     Document Type: Article

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