Drew, EA/ Smith, DC 1966: Studies in the physiology of lichens. VII. The physiology of the Nostoc symbiont of Peltigera polydactyla compared with cultured and free-living forms. - New Phytol.66: 379-388. [RLL List # 65 / Rec.# 4540] Keywords: PELTIGERA POLYDACTYLA/ PHYSIOLOGY/ NOSTOC/ ALGAE/ CULTURE/ PHOTOBIONT
Abstract: 2 fig. 3 tab. [Nostoc cells isolated from Peltigera polydactyla "excrete much of the photosynthetically fixed carbon into the medium as glucose, but they lose this property after only 48 hours in culture, at which time the cells begin to release only small amounts of a compound which may be a polysaccharide."]