Photoreception and photomovements of microorganisms

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 459-467

  Sgarbossa, Antonella ^a   Checcucci, Giovanni ^a   Lenci, Francesco ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALGA; BACTERIUM; CHROMATOPHORE; CILIATE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 0038813580     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b110629e     Document Type: Article

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