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Articles; Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Мicroscopic investigations (LM, TEM and SEM) and identification of Chlorella isolate R-06/2 from extreme habitat in Bulgaria with a strong biological activity and resistance to environmental stress factors

Georg GärtnerInstitute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, A 6020Innsbruck, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Blagoy UzunovDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, 8 bld Dragan Zankov, 1164Sofia, Bulgaria
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Elisabeth IngolicCentre for Electron Microscopy, Steyrergasse 17, A 8010Graz, Austria
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Werner KoflerInstitute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, A 6020Innsbruck, Austria
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Gergana GachevaInstitute for Plant Physiology and Genetics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Str. 2, 1113Sofia, Bulgaria
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Plamen PilarskiInstitute for Plant Physiology and Genetics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Str. 2, 1113Sofia, Bulgaria
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Lyuben ZagorchevDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, 8 bld Dragan Zankov, 1164Sofia, Bulgaria
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Mariela OdjakovaDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, 8 bld Dragan Zankov, 1164Sofia, Bulgaria
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Maya StoynevaDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, 8 bld Dragan Zankov, 1164Sofia, Bulgaria
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Pages 536-540 | Received 20 Mar 2014, Accepted 10 Dec 2014, Published online: 23 Feb 2015

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