Dan Su^1,2 , Xueying Li^1,2 , Shenkui Liu³ , Yuanyuan Bu^1,2

1 Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China
2 College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
3 The State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin’An, 311300, China
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Molecular Soil Biology, 2022, Vol. 13, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/msb.2022.13.0001
Received: 15 Nov., 2021    Accepted: 12 Feb., 2022    Published: 11 Mar., 2022

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Su D., Li. X.Y., Liu S.K., and Bu Y.Y., 2022, Research progress on the effects of salt stress on photosynthesis and lipids of microalgae, Molecular Soil Biology, 13(1): 1-6 (doi:10.5376/msb.2022.13.0001)

High salinity, temperature, light intensity, and cold environment are generally sensitive to higher plants. These pressures are a challenging environmental stress for plant growth and distribution. High salinity is an environmental stress for organisms to overcome. Due to their attractive properties, microalgae are important freshwater algae, widely used for human and animal, food source and industrial applications. This review summaries the progress on the effects of microalgae’s photosynthesis and lipid content by salinity. At the same time, the application value of microalgae is briefly summarized.

Microalgae; Salt stress; Research progress