Yeasts from high-altitude lakes: Influence of UV radiation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-362

  Libkind, Diego ^a   Moliné, Martín ^a   Sampaio, José Paulo ^b   Van Broock, Maria ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Mountain lakes; MSP PCR fingerprinting; Patagonia; Photoprotection; UVB resistance

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; PIGMENT;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NATIONAL PARK; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING BIAS; TOXIC ORGANISM; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; YEAST;

ALTITUDE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST;

ARGENTINA; NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68249119808     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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