Effect of prolonged dark incubation on pigments and photosynthesis of the cave-dwelling cyanobacterium Phormidium autumnale (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria)

Phycologia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 704-710

  Montechiaro, Federico ^a   Giordano, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caves; Cyanobacteria; Dark; Homeostasis; Photosynthesis; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIALES; PHORMIDIUM AUTUMNALE;

EID: 33750552702     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/06-15.1     Document Type: Article

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