Simple Method for a Cell Count of the Colonial Cyanobacterium, Microcystis sp.
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Joung, Seung-Hyun
(Environmental Biotechnology Research Center, KRIBB)
Kim, Choong-Jae (Environmental Biotechnology Research Center, KRIBB) Ahn, Chi-Yong (Environmental Biotechnology Research Center, KRIBB) Jang, Kam-Yong (College of Medicine, Konyang University) Boo, Sung-Min (Department of Biology, Chungnam National University) Oh, Hee-Mock (Environmental Biotechnology Research Center, KRIBB) |
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