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Cysted Forms of Halophilic Microalga Dunaliella salina under Different Stress Conditions


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1 Department of Botany, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, MoES, Kendriya Bhavan, Kochi 682 037, India
2 Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
3 School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
 

Dunaliella salina is a chlorophycean, cell wall-less microalga ubiquitous in solar salterns worldwide. It is commercially exploited as a source of natural β-carotene with a high proportion of bioabsorbable isomer of the pigment.
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Authors

Suman Keerthi
Department of Botany, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, MoES, Kendriya Bhavan, Kochi 682 037, India
Uma Devi Koduru
Department of Botany, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, MoES, Kendriya Bhavan, Kochi 682 037, India
Subba Rao Durvasula Venkata
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Nittala Subrahmanya Sarma
School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India

Abstract


Dunaliella salina is a chlorophycean, cell wall-less microalga ubiquitous in solar salterns worldwide. It is commercially exploited as a source of natural β-carotene with a high proportion of bioabsorbable isomer of the pigment.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi2%2F261-262