Visualization of plastids and lipophilic components in living colonies of a wild strain of the hydrocarbon-forming green alga Botryococcus by laser scanning confocal microscopy
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1999
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Beakes, G
Cleary, Ann L
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Colonies of a wild strain from Lake Burley-Griffin, Australia, of the hydrocarbon-producing green alga Botryococcus were examined by confocal laser scanning microscopy. The microscope was fitted with a dual wavelength krypton-argon laser, which permitted
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Keywords: australia; chlorophyll; confocal laser microscopy; extracellular matrix; hydrocarbon; lipophilic dye fluorescence; plastid; secondary metabolite; strain difference; Botryococcus Botryococcus; Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy; DIOC6(3); Hydrocarbon localization; Plastid morphology; Rhodamine 123
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Journal of Phycology
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