Concentrations of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethyl sulfide are strain-specific in symbiotic dinoflagellates (symbiodinium sp., dinophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-783

  Steinke, Michael ^a   Brading, Patrick ^a   Kerrison, Philip ^a   Warner, Mark E ^b   Suggett, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Dimethyl sulfide (DMS); Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP); Strain specificity; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 79960707737     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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