Research Interests

  • The research conducted in Biochemistry Laboratory concentrate on the following major topics:
    • isolation and identification of siderophore-like substances, natural iron chelators
    • isolation and identification of carotenoids in marine biota
    • isolation and characterization of proteins

  • Abiotic factors influencing ecophysiological processes of phytoplankton cells - growth, photosynthesis, composition and contents of pigments, and transport of metal ions through cell membranes, at present iron

  • Allelopathic interactions between phytoplankton species

  • Development and maintenance of an algal culture collection including
                Chlorella vulgaris (A1-76)
                Dictyosphaerium pulchellum (C2-79)
                Scenedesmus armatus (B1-76)
                Scenedesmus microspina (B2-76)
    which represent axenic cultures of the green algae isolated from the Baltic Sea

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