Endurance of the endolithic desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under UVC radiation

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Baqué, Mickael ^a   Viaggiu, Emanuela ^a   Scalzi, Giuliano ^a   Billi, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chroococcidiopsis; Cyanobacteria; Environmental stress; Photoprotection; Subcellular damage; UVC radiation

Indexed keywords

CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84871457435     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0505-5     Document Type: Article

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