UV-A mediated induction of carotenoid accumulation in Dunaliella bardawil with retention of cell viability

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 506-511

  Salguero, Alonso ^a   León, Rosa ^a   Mariotti, Annalisa ^b   De La Morena, Benito ^c   Vega, José M ^d   Vílchez, Carlos ^a  

^a Centro de diagnóstico de enfermedades moleculares   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL CULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; CELL GROWTH; MICROALGA DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

CAROTENOID; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ALGAE, GREEN; BETA CAROTENE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 12544251393     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1711-6     Document Type: Article

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