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PROLONGED VIABILITY OF OEDOCLADIUM AKINETES 1
Author(s) -
Davis Joseph S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1970.tb02415.x
Subject(s) - biology , carotenoid , starch , pigment , botany , food science , chemistry , organic chemistry
SUMMARY Dry 3.5‐yr‐old akinetes of Oedocladium packed with carotenoid pigments, fat and starch, became green and reproduced like ordinary vegetative cells when they were placed in a defined mineral medium.