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Comparison of various approaches to detect algal culture contamination: a case study of Chlorella sp. contamination in a Phaeodactylum tricornutum culture
Microalgal contamination in algal culture is a serious problem hampering the cultivation process, which can result in considerable economic and time losses. With the field of microalgal biotechnology on the ri...
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Novel Virus on Filamentous Arthronema africanum Cyanobacterium
Widely distributed in water environments and in soil, cyanobacteria are hosts of lysogenic or lytic bacterioviruses. A novel, probably lysogenic virus (phage) for which the name Arthronema africanum virus TR020 (...
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Extracellular biopolymers produced by freshwater cyanobacteria: a screening study
Cyanobacteria are a rich source of metabolites of a great biotechnological and industrial importance. In this screening study the exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by 25 cyanobacterial strains were characteri...
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High diversity of thermophilic cyanobacteria in Rupite hot spring identified by microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR and amplicon sequencing
Genotypic and morphological diversity of cyanobacteria in the Rupite hot spring (Bulgaria) was investigated by means of optical microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR, and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. ...
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Searching for microalgal species producing extracellular biopolymers
Microalgae have been used in human applications for centuries, but in the mid-twentieth century, an industrial cultivation of some species began. In this study, 17 different microalgal species were screened fo...
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Trace concentrations of iron nanoparticles cause overproduction of biomass and lipids during cultivation of cyanobacteria and microalgae
Cultivation in Zehnder medium containing 5.1 mg L−1 zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) boosted the growth of the green algae Desmodesmus subspicatus, Dunaliella salina, Parachlorella kessleri and Raphidocelis ...
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Growth characteristics of selected thermophilic strains of cyanobacteria using crossed gradients of temperature and light
Growth requirements of 10 possibly thermophilic strains of cyanobacteria were compared under a wide spectrum of light and temperature conditions (7–80Wm−2, 12–40°C). The strains were isolated from different local...
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Coelastrum pascheri sp. n., a new green alga from lakes of the Bohemian Forest
Coelastrum pascheri sp. n. is described. It is similar to Coelastrum morus W. et G. S. West sensu Skuja (1930) in the morphology of the free processes, but differs from it in cell size (it is sig...
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Phytobenthos and water quality of mountain streams in the Bohemian Forest under the influence of recreational activity
We studied water chemistry and phytobenthos in streams of the Bohemian Forest (Šumava, Böhmerwald) in order to determine the influence of sewage originating from recreational usage on the diversity and structu...
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Algal flora of lakes in the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia)
Eighty seven from a total of 120 lakes in the Slovak part of the High Tatra Mts. have been visited since 1982. Their summer phytoplankton and algae growing on stones were collected, identified and documented.
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Algal flora of lakes in the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia)
Eighty seven from a total of 120 lakes in the Slovak part of the High Tatra Mts. have been visited since 1982. Their summer phytoplankton and algae growing on stones were collected, identified and documented.
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Exprimental phycology
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Two interesting algae from Czech reservoirs
Paulschulzia pseudovolvox (Schulz)Skuja, a member of theTetrasporales, is recorded for the first time for Czechoslovakia.Amphidinium radiatum Javorn., a member of ...