Desiccation tolerance of Botryococcus braunii (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) and extreme temperature tolerance of dehydrated cells

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-53

  Demura, Mikihide ^a,b   Ioki, Motohide ^a,b   Kawachi, Masanobu ^a,b   Nakajima, Nobuyoshi ^a,b   Watanabe, Makoto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal dispersal; Botryococcus braunii; Desiccation tolerance; Polysaccharide; Temperature tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLOROPHYTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84893713544     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0059-7     Document Type: Article

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