Tolerance of pennate diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) to experimental freezing : comparison of polar and temperate strains

• Published in: Phycologia
• Main Authors: Hejduková, Eva, Pinseel, Eveline, Vanormelingen, Pieter, Nedbalová, Linda, Elster, Josef, Vyverman, Wim, Sabbe, Koen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Antarctica; Arctic; Cryopreservation; Freezing; Stress tolerance; MARINE PLANKTONIC DIATOM; RESTING CELLS; CHAETOCEROS-PSEUDOCURVISETUS; MACROMOLECULAR-COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESICCATION; BENTHIC DIATOMS; FRESH-WATER; SEA-ICE; SPORES; ALGAE; Ross Island; Vega Island; Antarc*; James Ross Island; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8620381; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8620381; https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1591835; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8620381/file/8620382

Although polar regions are characterised by extreme environment conditions with overall low temperatures and often pronounced diurnal to seasonal temperature fluctuations, diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) thrive in a wide range of nonmarine polar habitats, suggesting that they are well adapted to these h...