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SUBMITTER: Shetty P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952985 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shetty Prateek P Gitau Margaret Mukami MM Maróti Gergely G
Cells 20191217 12
High salinity is a challenging environmental stress for organisms to overcome. Unicellular photosynthetic microalgae are especially vulnerable as they have to grapple not only with ionic imbalance and osmotic stress but also with the generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) interfering with photosynthesis. This review attempts to compare and contrast mechanisms that algae, particularly the eukaryotic <i>Chlamydomonas</i> microalgae, exhibit in order to immediately respond to harsh conditions caus ...[more]