Effects of enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on algae and cyanobacteria

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-89

  Xue, Lingui ^a,b   Zhang, Yong ^a,c   Zhang, Tengguo ^a   An, Lizhe ^a   Wang, Xunling ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Advance; Algae; Cyanobacteria; Radiation; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROPHYLL; FREE RADICAL; NITROGENASE; PIGMENT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DAMAGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 19944392919     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410590921727     Document Type: Review

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