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An ultrastructural approach to the adaptive role of the cell wall in the intertidal algaFucus virsoides

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The ultrastructure of the cell wall and the distribution of alginate, cellulose and fucoidans were studied in the intertidal algaFucus virsoides. Microanalysis and precipitation with KPA revealed a cation localization in the wall, mainly corresponding with sulphated polysaccharide distribution. Thus, the adaptive resistance to changes in ionic environment seems to take place through a cation binding to the cell wall polysaccharides, principally at the thallus surface, employing an avoidance mechanism.

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    Paola Mariani, C. Tolomio & Paola Braghetta

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Mariani, P., Tolomio, C. & Braghetta, P. An ultrastructural approach to the adaptive role of the cell wall in the intertidal algaFucus virsoides . Protoplasma 128, 208–217 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276343

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