Fluorescence microscopy reveals variations in cellular composition during formation of akinetes in the cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon ovalisporum

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-317

  Sukenik, Assaf ^a   Hadas, Ora ^a   Stojkovic, Slobodanka ^b   Malinsky Rushansky, Nehama ^a   Viner Motzini, Yehudit ^a   Beardall, John ^b  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Akinetes; Aphanizomenon; Dormancy; Nostocales

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DORMANCY; LIPID; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRICHOME;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOCALES; STIGONEMATALES;

EID: 74749108438     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260802585786     Document Type: Article

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