A polychromator-based microspectrophotometer

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Evangelista, Valter ^a   Evangelisti, Mauro ^a   Barsanti, Laura ^a   Frassanito, Anna Maria ^a   Passarelli, Vincenzo ^a   Gualtieri, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Algae; Chromophores; Emission spectra; Microspectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DUNALIELLA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

ALGAE;

EID: 34147125859     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.251     Document Type: Article

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