Changes of the photosynthetic apparatus in Spirulina cyanobacterium by sodium stress

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 16-22

  Verma, Kavita ^a   Mohanty, Prasanna ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Photosystem I and II; Phycobilisomes; Sodium Stress; Spirulina; Thylakoid Membrane

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMATOPHORE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SODIUM; THYLAKOID; TRICHOME;

SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0034013985     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2000-1-205     Document Type: Article

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