Photosynthetic efficiency, desiccation tolerance and ultrastructure in two phylogenetically distinct strains of alpine Zygnema sp. (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta): role of pre-akinete formation

Protoplasma

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 571-589

  Herburger, K ^a   Lewis, L A ^b   Holzinger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alps; Colonization of land; Hydroterrestrial green algae; rbcL phylogeny; rETR; Temperature; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA; ZYGNEMA; ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE;

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; DEHYDRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; STREPTOPHYTA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOPHYTA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923197155     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: 16156102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0703-3     Document Type: Article

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