Isolation, purification and evidence for a halophilic nature of the blue-green alga Aphanothece halophytica Fremy (Chroococcales)
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Phycologia
- Vol. 17 (2) , 172-178
- https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-17-2-172.1
Abstract
An axenic culture of an extremely halotolerant blue-green alga, Aphanothece halophytica (Chroococcaies), was obtained following a multi-step purification procedure. Effectiveness of purification procedures as a function of hypersalinity is discussed. Development of a defined medium and growth in NaCl up to saturation is reported. Changes in cellular morphology are concomitant to changes in salinity and other physico-chemical parameters. Lysis of the alga in distilled water and in media of less than 1 m NaCl, as well as failure of KCL, LiCl and CsCl to substitute for NaCl support the view that the alga is perhaps halophilic rather than only halotolerant.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: