Formation of lipid bodies and changes in fatty acid composition upon pre-akinete formation in Arctic and Antarctic Zygnema (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) strains

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Pichrtová, Martina ^a   Arc, Erwann ^b   Stöggl, Wolfgang ^b   Kranner, Ilse ^b   Hájek, Tomáš ^c   Hackl, Hubert ^d   Holzinger, Andreas ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Desiccation stress; Fatty acid methyl ester; Lipids; Nitrogen starvation; Polar green microalgae

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DESICCATION; EXTREMOPHILE; FATTY ACID; FREEZING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREEN ALGA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL MAT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OSMOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

CHLOROPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA; ZYGNEMA; ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE;

FAT DROPLET; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; RADIATION RESPONSE; STREPTOPHYTA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DESICCATION; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID DROPLETS; NITROGEN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; STREPTOPHYTA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84978427554     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw096     Document Type: Article

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