Do vesicle cells of the red alga Asparagopsis (Falkenbergia stage) play a role in bromocarbon production?

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 471-475

  Marshall, Rhoda A ^a,c   Hamilton, John T G ^a,b   Dring, M J ^a   Harper, D B ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Rural Devmt for Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Bonnemaisoniaceae; Bromide; Bromoform; Dibromomethane

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; METABOLISM; SEAWATER;

VESICLE CELLS;

CELLS;

BROMOFORM; DIBROMOMETHANE; HALOCARBON; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE;

BROMINE COMPOUND; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANOHALOGEN; RED ALGA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; ASPARAGOPSIS; BONNEMAISONIACEAE; FALKENBERGIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0037908699     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00197-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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