Bacterial degradation of alder (Alnus glutinosa) leaves in a freshwater stream
A sequential colonisation by bacteria of decaying alder leaves in the River Bourne and of sterile alder leaf discs in vitro was demonstrated by SEM. Enumeration of colonising organisms by fluorescence microscopy confirmed SEM observations that colonisation commenced within 24h and that numbers of ba...
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Royal Holloway, University of London
1988
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.704438 |