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Electron microscopy of the marine microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta exposed to triphenyltin

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Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Chemostat-grown cells of the chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta (Butcher) exposed to triphenyltin were examined using transmission electron microscopy. Following a 1-h exposure to 21 and 84μM triphenyltin, mitochondria underwent structural damage and the thylakoid membranes of a small proportion of cells spread from the usual compact arrangement. Prolonging the exposure time resulted in significant cell lysis in cultures exposed to 84μM triphenyltin.

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  1. The Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, , , , , , IE

    H M Mooney & J W Patching

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Received 05 May 1997/ Accepted in revised form 28 January 1998

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Mooney, H., Patching, J. Electron microscopy of the marine microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta exposed to triphenyltin. J Ind Microbiol Biotech 20, 200–204 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jim.2900512

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