Functional biomolecules of Antarctic stromatolitic and endolithic cyanobacterial communities

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-391

  Wynn Williams, David D ^a   Edwards, H G M ^b   Garcia Pichel, F ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Cyanobacteria; Endolithic; Lichens; Lithic; Pigments; Raman; S pectroscopy; Scytonemin; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ANTHROQUINONE; BIOMOLECULE; CAROTENOID; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCYTONEMIN; STRESS TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; OZONE DEPLETION; PIGMENT; TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032787107     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026299002309     Document Type: Article

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