Effects of light intensity on components and topographical structures of extracellular polysaccharides from the cyanobacteria Nostoc sp.

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-183

  Ge, Hongmei ^a,b   Xia, Ling ^a,b   Zhou, Xuping ^a,b   Zhang, Delu ^c   Hu, Chunxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; cyanobacteria; extracellular polysaccharides; light intensity; Nostoc sp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT; NOSTOC; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NOSTOC; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84893615709     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-014-2720-5     Document Type: Article

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