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. 1998 Sep;62(3):667–683. doi: 10.1128/mmbr.62.3.667-683.1998

TABLE 2.

Cyanobacteria and cyanolichens used for the modulated fluorescence analyses described in this review

Species Growth light Phycobiliproteina
Cyanobacteria
Anabaena/Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120 Fluorescent (50 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC, PEC
 Calothrix/Tolypothrix/Fremyella sp. strain PCC 7601 Fluorescent (10 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC, PE
 Calothrix/Tolypothrix/Fremyella sp. strain PCC 7601 Green (15 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC, PE
 Calothrix/Tolypothrix/Fremyella sp. strain PCC 7601 Red (15 and 35 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC
 Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 Fluorescent (10 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC, PE, PUB
 Pseudanabaena sp. strain PCC 6901 Fluorescent (50 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC
 Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 (Anacystis nidulans R2) Incandescent (10, 15, 50, and 150 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC
 Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 phycobilisome-minus Incandescent (50 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC
 Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 6301 (Anacystis nidulans) Fluorescent (10 and 50 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC
 Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6701 Fluorescent (50 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC, PE
 Nostoc from lichen Peltigera canina Fluorescent (5 μmol of photons m−2 s−1) APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
Cyanolichens (Nostoc)
 Leptogium coralloideum Natural APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
 Lobaria scrobiculata Natural APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
 Nephroma bellum Natural APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
 Peltigera malacea Natural APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
 Peltigera neopolydactyla Natural APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
 Nephroma arcticum (Nostoc and green algae Coccomyxa) Natural APC, PC, (PE, PEC?)
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APC, allophycocyanin; PC, phycocyanin; PE, phycoerythrin; PEC, phycoerythrocyanin; PUB, phycoerythrin containing phycourobilin chromophores.