Regulation of photosynthesis in the unicellular acidophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria

Plant Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 500-511

  Oesterhelt, Christine ^a   Schmälzlin, Elmar ^a   Schmitt, Jürgen M ^b   Lokstein, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Cyanidiaceae; Extremophiles; Heterotrophy; Mixotrophy; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VAPORIZATION;

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; ILLUMINATED CELLS; MIXOTROPHIC CAPACITIES;

ALGAE;

CARBON; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALGAE, RED; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ACIDOPHILES; ALGAE; CYANIDIACEAE; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34547092918     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03159.x     Document Type: Article

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