A novel subaerial Dunaliella species growing on cave spiderwebs in the Atacama Desert

Extremophiles

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-452

  Azua Bustos A ^a,c   Gonzalez Silva C ^b   Salas, L ^a   Palma, R E ^a   Vicuna R ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^c Millennium Institute of Fundamental and Applied Biology ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Atacama Desert; Cave; Dunaliella; Evolution; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; PLANT DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHILE; CHLOROPHYTA; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SPIDERS;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA;

EID: 77956416578     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0322-7     Document Type: Article

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