Polyol patterns in biofilm-forming aeroterrestrial green algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-537

  Gustavs, Lydia ^a   Görs, Manuela ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeroterrestrial green algae; Biofilms; Chemotaxonomy; Morphological convergence; Polyols

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; APATOCOCCUS LOBATUS; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; ELLIPTOCHLORIS; PRASIOLA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; WATANABEA;

EID: 79958770248     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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