Fiber-Optic Fluorometer for Microscale Mapping of Photosynthetic Pigments in Microbial Communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2823-2828

  Thar, Roland ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a   Holst, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FIBER OPTICS; FLUOROMETRY; GREEN ALGA; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT;

ALGAE, GREEN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FIBER OPTICS; FLUOROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035374630     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2823-2828.2001     Document Type: Article

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