Rapid recovery of cyanobacterial pigments in desiccated biological soil crusts following addition of

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Abed, Raeid M M ^a   Polerecky, Lubos ^b   Al Habsi, Amal ^a   Oetjen, Janina ^c   Strous, Marc ^b,d   De Beer, Dirk ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIAL PIGMENT; ECHINENON; PIGMENT; RIBOSOME RNA; SCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; SOIL;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSENSOR; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CIRNALIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROTAXIS; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCELEUS; MICROSENSOR; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; OMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA SEQUENCE; SOIL; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TOPSOIL; WETTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; DESICCATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84910019789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112372     Document Type: Article

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