Light quantity affects the regulation of cell shape in Fremyella diplosiphon

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Pattanaik, Bagmi ^a   Whitaker, Melissa J ^a   Montgomery, Beronda L ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary chromatic adaptation; Cyanobacteria; Light intensity; Light quality; Morphology; Photo biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865687936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00170     Document Type: Article

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