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Different physiological responses influenced by salinity in genetically related Dunaliella salina isolates

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An isolate of Dunaliella salina (DUNS-1) and other two isolates (DUNS-2 and DUNS-3), collected from coastal lagoons with 14 and 30% (w/v) of NaCl, respectively, were analyzed under different saline conditions. Glycerol (380 mg l−1) and carotene (5.9 mg l−1) contents for DUNS-2 were 0.3 and 10 times higher than DUNS-3, even though both isolates were collected from the same lagoon and share a similar ribosomal DNA sequence.

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This research was financed by the CONACyT (Grant J46435-Z) and by the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Grant GPI-20100700).

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  1. Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Blvd. Del Maestro, esq. Elias Piña, C.P. 88710, Reynosa, TAMPS, México

    José Alberto Narváez-Zapata & Yamilka López-Uc

  2. Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Periférico Nte. Km. 33.5, Tablaje Catastral 13615, Col, Chuburná de Hidalgo Inn, C.P. 97203, Mérida, YUC, México

    Rafael Rojas-Herrera

  3. Laboratorio de Biotecnología de Microalgas, Universidad del Mar. Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Distrito de San Pedro Pochutla, C.P. 70902, Oaxaca, México

    Leticia Sánchez-Estudillo

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10529-011-0599-3

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Narváez-Zapata, J.A., Rojas-Herrera, R., López-Uc, Y. et al. Different physiological responses influenced by salinity in genetically related Dunaliella salina isolates. Biotechnol Lett 33, 1021–1026 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-011-0523-x

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