Effects of UV and visible light on cyanobacteria at the cellular level

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 553-559

  Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Faddoul, Jaoudat ^b   Braun, Markus ^c   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; 1,4 DIHYDROPYRIDINE; 1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLEACHING; BLUE LIGHT; CELL LEVEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RED LIGHT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; METABOLISM; SUNLIGHT;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA SP.;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0036706482     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b203955a     Document Type: Article

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