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Influence of abiotic factors on the content of fatty acids of Ulva Intestinalis

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The composition of fatty acids (FAs) of a green alga (Ulva intestinalis) inhabiting small rivers of the Elton Lake basin has been investigated. It has been established that long-chain FAs with 16 and 18 carbon atoms are essential. We have investigated the composition variability of FAs of lipids of U. intestinalis depending on environmental factors: the level of mineralization, temperature, oxygen saturation, and acidity. It has been revealed that FA nonsaturation increases with an increase in mineralization. We assume that ω-6 and ω-3 desaturases participate in the adaptation of U. intestinalis to this factor.

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    V. N. Nesterov, O. A. Rozentsvet & E. S. Bogdanova

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Nesterov, O.A. Rozentsvet, E.S. Bogdanova, 2013, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2013, No. 4, pp. 585–592.

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Nesterov, V.N., Rozentsvet, O.A. & Bogdanova, E.S. Influence of abiotic factors on the content of fatty acids of Ulva Intestinalis . Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 6, 441–447 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425513040070

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