Review: The Antarctic Chlamydomonas raudensis: An emerging model for cold adaptation of photosynthesis

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 711-722

  Dolhi, Jenna M ^a   Maxwell, Denis P ^b   Morgan Kiss, Rachael M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Microbial eukaryote; Photosynthesis; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS RAUDENSIS; EUKARYOTA;

ADAPTATION; ANTARCTICA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COLD; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; EXTREME COLD; LAKES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84883135623     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0571-3     Document Type: Review

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