Phaerodactilum tricornutum

Oedogonium sp. Phaerodactilum tricornutum Polytomela ceca Rhodopalocystis gleifera Scenedesmus obliquus... 

The alga Phaerodactilum tricornutum was found to respond to hyperosmotic stress by a marked elongation of PolyP and a decrease in its total amount, while exposure to hypoosmotic stress resulted in a higher content of shorter PolyPs and an increased total PolyPs content (Leitao et al., 1995). It is probable that, such variations might allow the adjustment of the intracellular osmotic pressure to an extracellular one. 

J. M. Leitao, B. Lorenz, N. Bachinski, C. Wilhelm, W. G. E. Miiller and H. C. Schroder (1995). Osmotic-stress-induced synthesis and degradation of inorganic polyphosphates in the algae Phaerodactilum tricornutum. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 121, 279-288. 

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