Raman spectroscopic analysis of a desert cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. in response to UVB radiation

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 783-788

  Wang, Gaohong ^a   Hao, Zongjie ^a,b   Huang, Zebo ^c   Chen, Lanzhou ^c   Li, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Hu, Chunxiang ^a   Liu, Yongding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

783 788.; Nostoc sp. UVB Raman spectra b carotene. Astrobiology 10

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOSTOC; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; EXOBIOLOGY; INDOLES; NOSTOC; PHENOLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 78649507294     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0407     Document Type: Article

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