Adaptation of the chlorophycean Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides to stressful acidic, mine metal-rich waters as result of pre-selective mutations

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-707

  López Rodas, Victoria ^a   Marvá, Fernando ^a   Rouco, Mónica ^a   Costas, Eduardo ^a   Flores Moya, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidic waters; Adaptive evolution; Dictyosphaerium; Mutation rate; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PH EFFECTS;

ACIDIC WATERS; ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; DICTYOSPHAERIUM; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PH EFFECTS;

ACID WATER; ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MICROALGA; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; STREAMWATER;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSPHAERIUM CHLORELLOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; MICROALGA; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FRESH WATER; METALS; MINING; MUTATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPAIN; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

DICTYOSPHAERIUM; DICTYOSPHAERIUM CHLORELLOIDES; LURIA;

EID: 44149092807     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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