Ecophysiological performance of the primitive red alga Dixoniella grisea (Rhodellophyceae) to irradiance, temperature and salinity stress: Growth responses and the osmotic role of mannitol

Phycologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-28

  Eggert, Anja ^a   Raimund, Stefan ^a   Michalik, Dirk ^a   West, John ^b   Karsten, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dixoniella grisea; Growth; Low molecular weight carbohydrate; Mannitol; Osmolyte

Indexed keywords

DIXONIELLA GRISEA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33846221140     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/06-12.1     Document Type: Article

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