title: PYROLYSIS-GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CHLOROPHYCEAN AND RHODOPHYCEAN ALGAE(1).
abstract: Eight chlorococcalean algae and 5 rhodophycean algae have been grown in axenic cultures. These organisms have been "fingerprinted" using a pyrolysis-gas-liquid chromatographic analysis. Each alga has a distinctive pyrogram which characterizes it both quantitatively and qualitatively. The pyrograms are given and the significance for possible future uses of this technique in developmental, evolutionary, and systematic studies with algae is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sommerfeld