The storage glucan of Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) cells

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 382-387

  Janse, Ingmar ^a   Van Rijssel, Marion ^a   Van Hall, Pieter Jan ^a   Gerwig, Gerrit J ^b   Gottschal, Jan C ^a   Prins, Rudolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autofluorescence; axenic non colony former; carbohydrate production; chrysolaminaran; Phaeocystis globosa; Prymnesiophyceae; storage glucans

Indexed keywords

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 0029783177     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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