A New UV-A/B Protecting Pigment in the Terrestrial Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune1
AUTOR(ES)
Scherer, S.
RESUMO
A new ultraviolet (UV)-A/B absorbing pigment with maxima at 312 and 330 nanometers from the cosmopolitan terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune is described. The pigment is found in high amounts (up to 10% of dry weight) in colonies grown under solar UV radiation but only in low concentrations in laboratory cultures illuminated by artificial light without UV. Its experimental induction by UV as well as its capacity to efficiently protect Nostoc against UV radiation is reported.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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