Sterols of Glaucocystophytes

• Published in: Phycological research Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 129 - 134
• Main Authors: Leblond, Jeffrey D., Timofte, Hermina Ilea, Roche, Shannon A., Porter, Nicole M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.04.2011
• Subjects: Algae; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophora; Cyanophora paradoxa; Glaucocystis; Glaucocystis nostochinearum; glaucocystophyte; lipid; sterol

SUMMARY Glaucocystophytes are a group of evolutionarily important freshwater algae that have an almost intact cyanobacterium, referred to as a cyanelle, as the photosynthetic organelle. Because of this, they have been the subject of a large number of studies over the past few decades on how a cyanob...