Ultraviolet radiation effects on pigmentation in the cyanobacterium Phormidium uncinatum

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-55

  Donkor, Victoria Adubea ^a,b   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

allophycocyanin; cyanobacteria; Phormidium uncinatum; phycocyanin; phycoerythrin; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM UNCINATUM;

EID: 0343923415     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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