The mechanisms whereby the green alga Chlorella ohadii, isolated from desert soil crust, exhibits unparalleled photodamage resistance

New Phytologist

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1229-1243

  Treves, Haim ^a   Raanan, Hagai ^a   Kedem, Isaac ^a   Murik, Omer ^a   Keren, Nir ^a   Zer, Hagit ^a   Berkowicz, Simon M ^a   Giordano, Mario ^b   Norici, Alessandra ^b   Shotland, Yoram ^c   Ohad, Itzhak ^a   Kaplan, Aaron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Shamoon College of Engineering   (Israel)

Author keywords

Algae; CO2 concentrating mechanism; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PLANT; DESERT SOIL; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GREEN ALGA; INORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; SOIL CRUST;

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

CHLORELLA; DESERT CLIMATE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOIL; SUNLIGHT;

CHLORELLA; DESERT CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84958568564     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13870     Document Type: Article

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