The Chemical Composition of Algal Cell Walls
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology
- Vol. 3 (1), 1-26
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10408417309108743
Abstract
Approximately 90% of all photosynthetic CO2 fixation is attributed to algae.1 From planktonic microcells to the massive 30-meter kelps, algal cell wall polymers comprise nearly half of the total nonaqueous biomass; between one tenth to one half of all the solar energy converted into chemical bond energy on our planet is stored in the cell walls of algae.Keywords
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