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The cell wall as a barrier to uptake of metal ions in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlorophyceae).
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology - 1 Nov 2000
Macfie S M, Welbourn P M
Abstract excerpt
The cell walls of plants, including those of algae, have the capacity to bind metal ions in negatively charged sites. The authors had already shown that the wild type (walled) strain of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dangeard was more tolerant to Cd, Co, Cu, and Ni than a wall-less mutant of the same species. The objective of the present study was to determine if the tolerance to metals was...
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