Photosynthetic characterization of developing and mature akinetes of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum (Cyanoprokaryota)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 780-788

  Sukenik, Assaf ^a   Beardall, John ^b   Hadas, Ora ^a  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Akinetes; Cyanobacteria; Cyanoprokaryota; Fluorescence spectra; Photosynthesis; Photosystem

Indexed keywords

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOCALES;

EID: 34547600218     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Review

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