UV-A Irradiation Increases Scytonemin Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria Inhabiting Halites at Salar Grande, Atacama Desert
Microbial consortia inhabiting evaporitic salt nodules at the Atacama Desert are dominated by unculturable cyanobacteria from the genus <i>Halothece</i>. Halite nodules provide transparency to photosynthetically active radiation and diminish photochemically damaging UV light. Atacama cya...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Microorganisms |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/11/1690 |