STUDIES ON THE SKELETAL CELL-WALL AND CUTICLE OF THE CYSTOCARPIC STAGE OF THE RED SEAWEED IRIDAEA-UNDULOSA BORY

Authors
FLORES ML STORTZ CA RODRIGUEZ MC CEREZO AS
Citation
Ml. Flores et al., STUDIES ON THE SKELETAL CELL-WALL AND CUTICLE OF THE CYSTOCARPIC STAGE OF THE RED SEAWEED IRIDAEA-UNDULOSA BORY, Botanica marina, 40(5), 1997, pp. 411-419
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Botanica marina → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068055
Volume
40
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
411 - 419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8055(1997)40:5<411:SOTSCA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The skeletal cell wall material isolated from cystocarpic thalli of Ir idaea undulosa Bory contains an unusually high percentage of proteins and/or glycoproteins and lesser amounts of polysaccharides. The polysa ccharides are, possibly, cellulose, a (1-->4) linked mannan, a kappa/i ota-carrageenan and an agaroid. The 'cuticle', an amorphous covering w hich protects the thalli, shows a similar general composition.