A method for the cryoconservation of Dunaliella salina (Chlorophyceae): Effect of glycerol and cold adaptation

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 346-352

  Mortain Bertrand, Anne ^a   Etchart, Freddy ^a   De Boucaud, Marie Thérèse ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

carotenogenesis; Chlorophyta; cold acclimation; cryoconservation; cryoprotectant; Dunaliella salina; glycerol; microalga

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; SALINA;

EID: 0029815333     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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