Identification and physiological aspects of a novel carotenoid-enriched, metal-resistant microalga isolated from an acidic river in Huelva (Spain)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 607-614

  Garbayo, Inés ^a   Torronteras, Rafael ^a   Forján, Eduardo ^b   Cuaresma, María ^b   Casal, Carlos ^a   Mogedas, Benito ^b   Ruiz Domínguez, María C ^b   Márquez, Carmen ^b   Vaquero, Isabel ^b   Fuentes Cordero, Juan L ^c   Fuentes, Rocío ^b   González del Valle, Manuel ^c   Vílchez, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b International Centre for Environmental Research CIECEM   (Spain)

^c BioAvan SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Carotenoids; Coccomyxa; Lutein; Microalgae; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84861728627     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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