Magnetic field effects on photosynthesis and growth of the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-316

  Hirano, Morio ^a   Ohta, Akira ^a   Abe, Katsuya ^a  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glyceroglycolipid; Magnetic flux density; Photosynthesis; Phycocyanin; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONS; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MEMBRANES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; SUGARS;

GLYCEROGLYCOLIPID; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY; PHYCOCYANIN; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PLANT GROWTH; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0031684473     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80136-0     Document Type: Article

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