Ultrastructure of the cyst wall of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae): Wall development and behaviour during cyst germination

Phycologia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 616-623

  Damiani, María Cecilia ^a   Leonardi, Patricia I ^a   Pieroni, Olga I ^a   Cáceres, Eduardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Algaenan; Astaxanthin; Cell wall; Chlorophyceae; Cyst; Germination; Haematococcus pluvialis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYCEAE; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS;

EID: 33751564866     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/05-27.1     Document Type: Article

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