Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

A Short Review on the Halotolerant Green Microalga Asteromonas gracilis Artari with Emphasis on Its Uses

George N. Hotos

Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research · pp. 1–8 · Published 4 Sep 2019

10.9734/ajfar/2019/v4i330054

Abstract

The halotolerant green single-celled Asteromonas gracilis isolated from the hypersaline saltern ponds of Messolonghi, Greece, was kept in laboratory cultures, grown effectively at various salinities and used for feeding rotifers, protozoa, copepods and Artemia sp. In all feeding trials all filter feeders accepted A. gracilis and grew. Additionally, as of its morphology, movement and culture reliability Asteromonas is a valuable teaching tool for phycological studies, supreme to the other usual microalgae for this purpose. The exploitation potential of A. gracilis in many sectors awaits research results, as literature data are scarce.

Halotolerance green algae Asteromonas gracilis.

Cited by 5

Exploring Halobiome Resources for Developing Salt-Tolerant Crops: A Perspective Review

Tushar Khare, Monica Jamla, Vartika Mathur · Journal of Plant Growth Regulation · 2024

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

0

Page views

0

PDF downloads

0

Outbound clicks

5

Citations

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

No views recorded yet.

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

No traffic recorded yet.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.