Kinetic bacteriochlorophyll fluorometer

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-82

  Kocsis, Péter ^a   Asztalos, Emese ^a   Gingl, Zoltán ^a   Maróti, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Fluorescence induction; Fluorescence relaxation; Intact cells; Portable fluorometer; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FLUOROMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; FLUOROMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953725167     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9556-6     Document Type: Article

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