Field and culture samples of Bostrycha and Stictosiphonia species were analyzed for D-dulcitol and D-sorbitol that function as osmoregulatory solutes and photoassimilation products. Bostrychia bispora West et Zuccarello, B. calliptera (Montagne) Montagne, B. montagnei Harvey, B. moritziana (Sonder ex Kutzing) J. Agardh, B. pinnata J. Tanaka et Chihara, B. radicans (Montagne) Montagne, B. simpliciuscula Harvey ex J. Agardh and B. tenella (Lamouroux) J. Agardh contain both polyols, except for one isolate of B. radicans (2879/80/81) that contains only D-sorbitol (...)
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