Secondary carotenoid accumulation in Scenedesmus komarekii (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Hanagata, Nobutaka ^a   Dubinsky, Zvy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Photoprotection; Scenedesmus komarekii; Secondary carotenoids; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS; ALGAE; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAEMATOCOCCUS; MYCHONASTES; MYCHONASTES ZOFINGIENSIS; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS KOMAREKII;

EID: 0032735311     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3550960.x     Document Type: Article

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