Chromium- and copper-induced inhibition of photosynthesis in Euglena gracilis analysed on the single-cell level by fluorescence kinetic microscopy

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-420

  Rocchetta, Iara ^a,b   Küpper, Hendrik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chromium; Copper; Euglena; Heavy metal toxicity; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Pigments; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN;

CAROTENOID; CATION; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INHIBITION; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTIST; RESPIRATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CULTURE MEDIA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 63449104534     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02768.x     Document Type: Article

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