Responses to sublethal copper exposure in two strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) in autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions

Phycologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-88

  Sabatini, Sebastián E ^a,b   Leonardi, Patricia I ^c,d   Rodríguez, María C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^d National University of the South   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autotrophic and mixotrophic growth; Catalase; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Isocitrate lyase; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYCEAE;

EID: 79951829342     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/09-101.1     Document Type: Article

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