Chlorella: 125 years of the green survivalist

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 67-69

  Krienitz, Lothar ^a   Huss, Volker A R ^b   Bock, Christina ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Green algae; Mass cultivation; Microphyte phylogeny; Model organism; Phenotypic adaptation

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; PROTISTA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA; ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84922777967     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.11.005     Document Type: Note

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