Symbiodinium genotypic and environmental controls on lipids in reef building corals.

<h4>Background</h4>Lipids in reef building corals can be divided into two classes; non-polar storage lipids, e.g. wax esters and triglycerides, and polar structural lipids, e.g. phospholipids and cholesterol. Differences among algal endosymbiont types are known to have important influenc...

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Main Authors: Timothy F Cooper, Michael Lai, Karin E Ulstrup, Sandra M Saunders, Gavin R Flematti, Ben Radford, Madeleine J H van Oppen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21637826/pdf/?tool=EBI