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Disentangling mechanisms involved in the adaptation of photosynthetic microorganisms to the extreme sulphureous water from Los Baños de Vilo (S Spain).
Microbial ecology - 1 Nov 2013
del Mar Fernández-Arjona María, Bañares-España Elena, García-Sánchez María Jesús, Hernández-López Miguel, López-Rodas Victoria, Costas Eduardo, Flores-Moya Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Los Baños de Vilo (S Spain) is a natural spa characterized by extreme sulphureous waters; however, populations of chlorophyceans inhabit in the spa. The adaptation mechanisms allowing resistance by photosynthetic microorganisms to the extreme sulphureous waters were studied by using a modified Luria-Delbrück fluctuation analysis. For this purpose, the adaptation of the chlorophycean Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides...
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