The effects of pH and ionic strength on the aggregation of bacteriochlorophyll c in aqueous organic media: The possibility of two kinds of aggregates

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 760-765

  Ishii, Takasada ^a   Uehara, Kaku ^a   Ozaki, Yukihiro ^b   Mimuro, Mamoru ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM LIMICOLA; LIMICOLA;

EID: 0001605975     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb08280.x     Document Type: Article

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