Phosphorus storage in Chlorella vulgaris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) cells and its dependence on phosphate supply

Phycologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-60

  Eixler, Sebastian ^a   Karsten, Ulk ^b   Selig, Uwe ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Cellular phosphorus; Chlorella; Elf 97; Epifluorescence microscopy; Polyphosphate granules

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 30744469364     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/04-79.1     Document Type: Article

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