Ionizing radiation impacts photochemical quantum yield and oxygen evolution activity of Photosystem II in photosynthetic microorganisms

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 867-877

  Rea, Giuseppina ^a   Esposito, Dania ^a   Damasso, Mario ^a   Serafini, Agnese ^a   Margonelli, Andrea ^a   Faraloni, Cecilia ^a   Torzillo, Giuseppe ^a   Zanini, Alba ^b   Bertalan, Ivo ^c   Johanningmeier, Udo ^c   Giardi, Maria T ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microorganisms; Oxygen evolution; Photochemistry; Photosystem II activity; Space ionizing radiation; Survival

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSENSOR; CELL DAMAGE; COSMIC RADIATION; DARKNESS; DENSITOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROCLIMATE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 57049129439     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000802460149     Document Type: Article

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