Physiological effects of a geothermal element: Boron excess in the epiphytic lichen Xanthoria parietina (L.) TH. FR.

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 921-926

  Pisani, Tommaso ^a   Munzi, Silvana ^a   Paoli, Luca ^a   Bačkor, Martin ^b   Loppi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase activity; Lichens; Lipid peroxidation; Plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FUNGI; LIPIDS; OXIDATION;

CHLOROPHYLL DEGRADATION; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; LICHENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; WATER SOLUBLE PROTEIN;

BORON;

BORON; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BORON; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LICHEN; LIPID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; LICHENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BORON; CELL MEMBRANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LICHENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67749107954     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.058     Document Type: Article

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