Spectrochromatography of photosynthetic pigments as a fingerprinting technique for microbial phototrophs

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-77

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Larsen, Kim L ^a,b   Cox, Raymond P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diode array spectrophotometry; Fingerprint; High performance liquid chromatography; Microbial phototroph; Pigment

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029980058     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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