Desiccation stress causes structural and ultrastructural alterations in the aeroterrestrial green alga Klebsormidium crenulatum (Klebsormidiophyceae, Streptophyta) isolated from an alpine soil crust

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 591-602

  Holzinger, Andreas ^a   Lütz, Cornelius ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin microfilaments; Cell wall; Desiccation; DIOC6; FM 1 43; Green algae; Streptophyta; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; KLEBSORMIDIOPHYCEAE; KLEBSORMIDIUM; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 79958773208     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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