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Protoplast were isolated from a filamentous brown alga, Sphacelaria sp. (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyta), using alginate-lyases extracted from marine molluscs, and commercial pectinase and cellulase. Yields were about 4000 protoplasts per gram of fresh tissue. Different types of protoplasts, originating from apical, subapical, nodal and internodal cells, could be readily identified based on their size and pigmentation. Apical cells produced a higher percentage of protoplasts (approx. 2%), compared with other cell types. All apical-cell protoplasts regenerated into new thalli and most other types of protoplasts divided at least once in culture, but did not develop further.
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Ducreux, G., Kloareg, B. Plant regeneration from protoplasts of Sphacelaria (Phaeophyceae). Planta 174, 25–29 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394869
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