Ultrastructure and photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodella violacea (Porphyridiales, Rhodophyta) grown under iron-deficient conditions

Phycologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 418-427

  Marquardt, Jürgen ^a,b   Schultze, Albrecht ^a   Rosenkranz, Vera ^a   Wehrmeyer, Werner ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PORPHYRIDIALES; RHODELLA VIOLACEA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032726012     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-38-5-418.1     Document Type: Article

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