Monitoring of oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis in a unicyanobacterial biofilm, grown in benthic gradient chamber

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Pringault, Olivier ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Microenvironment; Microsensor; Oxygen; Photopigment; PI curve; Scalar irradiance; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

MYXOXANTHOPHYLL; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM; MICROBIAL MAT; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033832526     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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