Molecular characterization of hot spring cyanobacteria and evaluation of their photoprotective compounds

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 719-727

  Rastogi, Rajesh P ^a,b   Kumari, Sunita ^a   Richa, ^a   Han, Taejun ^b   Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequencing; Cyanobacteria; Mycosporine like amino acids; PCR; Scytonemin

Indexed keywords

MYCOSPORINE GLYCINE; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRA 334; RNA 16S; SCYTONEMIN; SHINORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMINO ACID; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT; TAXONOMY; THERMAL SPRING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROOCOCCALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOTHECE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOCALES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVULARIA; SCYTONEMA; THERMAL SPRING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOHEXANONES; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; GLYCINE; HOT SPRINGS; INDIA; INDOLES; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

BIHAR; INDIA; RAJGIR;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.; NOSTOCALES; PORPHYRA; RIVULARIA (CYANOBACTERIUM); SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA SP.;

EID: 84861688881     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W2012-044     Document Type: Article

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