TABLE 2.
Numerical values of maximum and mean fluorescence intensities of the λ-scan spectra emitted by different autofluorescence sources within cyanobacterial cells
| Source of autofluorescence | Fluorescence intensity (±SE) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yungay |
Salar Grande |
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| Maximum (nm) | Mean (AU) | Maximum (nm) | Mean (AU) | |
| Pigments from degraded cells/GAF emission | 556.12 | 43.33 ± 2.91 | 567.35 | 144.16 ± 8.65 |
| Nondegraded photosynthetic pigments/PAF emission | 662.75 | 151.40 ± 3.98 | 657.59 | 225.13 ± 19.06 |
| Pigments from transition phase cells/GAF + PAF emissions | 550.51 | 27.65 ± 2.57 | NOa | NO |
| 662.75 | 36.2 ± 6.35 | |||
a
NO, not observed; SE, standard error.