Identity and physiology of a new psychrophilic eukaryotic green alga, Chlorella sp., strain BI, isolated from a transitory pond near Bratina Island, Antarctica

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 701-711

  Morgan Kiss, Rachael M ^a   Ivanov, Alexander G ^b   Modla, Shannon ^c   Czymmek, Kirk ^c   Hüner, Norman P A ^b   Priscu, John C ^d   Lisle, John T ^e   Hanson, Thomas E ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chlorella; Green alga; Photophysiology; Photopsychrophile

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PIGMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CLASSIFICATION; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOGRAPHY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHLORELLA; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FATTY ACIDS; GEOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS RAUDENSIS; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 50649086573     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0176-4     Document Type: Article

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