Carbon-concentrating mechanisms in acidophilic algae

Phycologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Diaz, Monica M ^a,b   Maberly, Stephen C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CCM; CO2; Extremophiles; Low pH; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENA MUTABILIS; EUGLENIDA; GLOEOCHRYSIS; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PALMELLOPSIS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; WATANABEA;

EID: 63449127506     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/08-08.1     Document Type: Article

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