Osmotic stress in Arctic and Antarctic strains of the green alga Zygnema (Zygnematales, Streptophyta): Effects on photosynthesis and ultrastructure

Micron

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 317-330

  Kaplan, Franziska ^a   Lewis, Louise A ^b   Herburger, Klaus ^a   Holzinger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Green algae; Photosynthesis; Phylogeny; RbcL gene; Streptophyta; Zygnema

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATE; GREEN ALGA; INITIAL VALUES; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUANTUM YIELD; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODESMATA; PLASMOLYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOPHYTA; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES; WATER STRESS; ZYGNEMA;

ALCOHOLS; ALGAE; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

STRAIN;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SORBITOL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGNEMATALES;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBONATES; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SORBITOL; ZYGNEMATALES;

CHLOROPHYTA; HECHTIA; STREPTOPHYTA; ZYGNEMA; ZYGNEMATALES;

EID: 84870685049     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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