Biology of a terrestrial green alga, Chlorococcum sp. (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta), collected from the Miruksazi stupa in Korea

Phycologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-358

  Klochkova, Tatyana A ^a   Kang, Sung Ho ^b   Cho, Ga Youn ^c   Pueschel, Curt M ^d   West, John A ^e   Kim, Gwang Hoon ^a  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration; Chlorococcum; Drought resistance; Resting spore; Salinity stress

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROCOCCALES; CHLOROCOCCUM; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33646494231     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/04-58.1     Document Type: Article

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