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Biosynthesis of Photosynthates and Taxonomy of Algae

  • Bruno P. Kremer and Gunter O. Kirst

The representatives of the major algal divisions including Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Heterokontophyta usually show specific patterns of accumulated photoassimilatory products. Among these compounds, the accumulated low-molecular weight carbohydrates such as mono­saccharides, disaccharides, alditols (i.e. polyhydroxy alcohols) and heterosides are of particular interest. Comparative analyses based on photosynthetic 14C-labelling provided sufficient evidence that occurrence and distribution of such compounds are in general indicative for particular algal taxa and in some cases useful biochemical parameters for a classiciation of lower taxa even at the ordinal or the generic levels.

Received: 1982-5-26
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1982-9-1

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