Effect of Selenate on Viability and Selenomethionine Accumulation of Chlorella sorokiniana Grown in Batch Culture

Figure 6

Ultrastructure images made by transmission electron microscopy of: Se-free single cell (a) and cell exposed to 40 mgL⁻¹ selenate (b); fingerprint-like thylakoids (c) and plastoglobules (indicated by arrows) (d) in cell exposed to 100 mgL⁻¹ selenate; autophagy in cell exposed to 40 mgL⁻¹ selenate (e, f); CH: chloroplast; CY: cytoplasm; CW: cell wall; N: nucleus; PE: periplasm; PG: plastoglobules; PY: pyrenoid; TY: thylakoids; VA: autophagic vacuole; and V: vacuole.

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