Role of pigmentation in protecting aspergillus niger conidiospores against pulsed light radiation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 758-761

  Esbelin, Julia ^a,b   Mallea, Sabine ^a,b   Ram, Arthur F J ^c   Carlin, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MELANINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SPORES, FUNGAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84876798534     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12037     Document Type: Article

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