Color inheritance, pigment characterization, and growth of a rare light green strain of Gracilaria birdiae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)

Phycological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Plastino, Estela M ^a   Ursi, Suzana ^a   Fujii, Mutue T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Color inheritance; G. birdiae; Gracilaria; Growth; Natural mutant; Phycobiliproteins; Pigment characterization; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; PIGMENT;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA BIRDIAE; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 1842580758     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2004.tb00314.x     Document Type: Article

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