A fascinating example of microalgal adaptation to extreme crude oil contamination in a natural spill in Arroyo Minero, Río Negro, Argentina

Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 883-889

  López Rodas, Victoria ^a   Carrera Martínez, Daniel ^a   Salgado, Eva ^a   Mateos Sanz, Aránzazu ^a   Báez, José C ^a   Costas, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chlamydomonas dinobryonis; Crude oil spill; Microalgae; Scenedesmus obtusus; Symploca dubia

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS DINOBRYONIS; CLONING; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GREEN ALGA; MESOPHILE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SCENEDESMUS OBTUSUS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SYMPLOCA DUBIA;

EID: 76249109901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1697428X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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