Comparative study of dissolved inorganic carbon utilization and photosynthetic responses in Nannochloris (Chlorophyceae) and Nannochloropsis (Eustigmatophyceae) species

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1104-1108

  Huertas, I Emma ^a   Lubián, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate transport; CO2 compensation point; Inorganic carbon utilization; Nannochloris; Nannochloropsis; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BICARBONATE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INORGANIC CARBON; LIFE CYCLE; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

INORGANIC CARBON; LIFE CYCLE; MACROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; NANNOCHLORIS; NANNOCHLORIS ATOMUS; NANNOCHLORIS MACULATA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA;

EID: 0032431197     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-068     Document Type: Article

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