Extraction methods for phycocyanin determination in freshwater filamentous cyanobacteria and their application in a shallow lake

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-286

  Horváth, Hajnalka ^a   Kovács, Attila W ^a   Riddick, Caitlin ^b   Présing, Mátyás ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; extraction methods; fresh water; N2 fixing filamentous cyanobacteria; phycocyanin; pigment analyses

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXTRACTION; FREEZING; FRESHWATER; GREEN ALGA; MORTAR; PIGMENT; THAWING;

HUNGARY; LAKE BALATON;

EID: 84884485258     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2013.821525     Document Type: Article

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