Phyllospora comosa

The response of marine macrophytes on oil dispersion is dependent on the type of both oil and oil dispersant [292]. Germination inhibition of the marine macrophyte Phyllospora comosa was used to assess and compare the effects of oil dispersants and dispersed diesel fuel and crude oil combinations. The inhibition of germination by the water-soluble fraction of diesel fuel increased after adding all dispersants investigated. This contrasted with crude oil, in which the addition of some dispersants resulted in an enhanced germination rate. 

Schoenwaelder MEA (2002) Physode distribution and the effect of thallus sunburn in Flormosira banksii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Bot Mar 45 262-266 Schoenwaelder MEA, Clayton MN (2000) Physode formation in embryos of Phyllospora comosa and Flormosira banksii (Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 39 1-9 Schwender J, Gemunden C, Lichtenthaler HK (2001) Chlorophyta exclusively use the 1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate/2-C-methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway for the biosynthesis of isoprenoids. Planta 212 416 123... 

Figure 18.5. Separation and quantification of As species in marine seaweeds and animals. (a) Phyllospora comosa (b) Mictyris longicarpus (whole tissues) (c) Bembicium auratum (whole tissues).

Burridge TR, Lavery T, Lam PKS. 1995a. Acute toxicity tests using Phyllospora comosa (labillardiere) c. agardh (phaeophyta fucales) and Allorchestes compressa dana (crustacea amphipoda). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 55 621-628. 

Phyllophoraceae, 2890 Phyllospora comosa, 2898 Phylogenetic, 544 Phylogenetic analysis, 63 Phylogenetic distribution, 61 Physalins, 3468, 3473, 3476... 

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