Potential effects of UV radiation on photosynthetic structures of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii CYRF-01

Potential effects of UV radiation on photosynthetic structures of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii CYRF-01

Cyanobacteria are aquatic photosynthetic microorganisms. While of enormous ecological importance, they have also been linked to human and animal illnesses around the world as a consequence of toxin production by some species. Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, a filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteri...

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Main Authors: Natália Pessoa Noyma, Thiago Pereira Silva, Hélio eChiarini-Garcia, André Megali Amado, Fabio eRoland, Rossana C.N. Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Cell Death
Cyanobacteria
thylakoid membranes
Transmission electron microscopy
ultraviolet radiation
Cell viability
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01202/full

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