The anhydrobiotic cyanobacterial cell

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 788-794

  Potts, Malcolm ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; desiccation; extracellular polysaccharides; glass transition; glycan; Nostoc commune; ultraviolet radiation; water; water stress proteins

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC SP.; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030498759     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970421.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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