Carotenoids and mycosporine-like amino acid compounds in members of the Genus microcoleus (Cyanobacteria): A chemosystematic study

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-294

  Karsten, Ulf ^a,b   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemosystematics; Cyanobacteria; Microcoletis; Mycosporines; Pigments

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROCOLEUS LACUSTRIS; MICROCOLEUS PALUDOSUS; MICROCOLEUS SOCIATUS;

EID: 0029966209     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80054-3     Document Type: Article

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