Visualization of plastids and lipophilic components in living colonies of a wild strain of the hydrocarbon-forming green alga Botryococcus by laser scanning confocal microscopy

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 435-446

  Beakes, Gordon W ^a   Cleary, Ann L ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botryococcus; Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy; DIOC6(3); Hydrocarbon localization; Plastid morphology; Rhodamine 123

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHLOROPHYLL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROCARBON; LIPOPHILIC DYE FLUORESCENCE; PLASTID; SECONDARY METABOLITE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BOTRYOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032447916     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008055613827     Document Type: Article

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