Differential behaviour of two cyanobacterium species to UV radiation. Artificial UV radiation induces phycoerythrin synthesis

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Aráoz, Rómulo ^a   Shelton, Miranda ^b   Lebert, Michael ^a   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Photobleaching; Phycobilisomes; UV B

Indexed keywords

PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 0032584467     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(98)80002-X     Document Type: Article

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