Floridean starch and carrageenan contents as responses of the red alga Solieria chordalis to culture conditions

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Fournet, Isabelle ^a   Zinoun, Mustapha ^a   Deslandes, Eric ^a   Diouris, Marcel ^a   Floc'h, Jean Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

14C labelling; Biosynthesis; Carrageenan; Floridean starch; Rhodophyceae; Solieria chordalis

Indexed keywords

SOLIERIA CHORDALIS;

EID: 0033062476     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096702629900205X     Document Type: Article

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