Hypersalinity enhances the production of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) in the Texas brown tide alga, Aureoumbra lagunensis (Pelagophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Liu, Hongbin ^a,b   Buskey, Edward J ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureoumbra lagunensis; Carbohydrate; Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS); Salinity; Texas brown tide

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BROWN TIDE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MUCUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS;

EID: 0033857662     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99076.x     Document Type: Article

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