Effects of visible light and UV radiation on photosynthesis in a population of a hot spring cyanobacterium, a Synechococcus sp., subjected to high-temperature stress

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3893-3899

  Miller, Scott R ^a   Wingard, Christopher E ^a,b   Castenholz, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL SPRING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CELL DAMAGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0031692756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3893-3899.1998     Document Type: Article

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