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EXTREMOPHILES
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 161-169Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0505-5
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UVC radiation; Cyanobacteria; Chroococcidiopsis; Environmental stress; Photoprotection; Subcellular damage
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- Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Italian Space Agency
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Desert cyanobacteria of the genus Chroococcidiopsis are extremely resistant to desiccation and ionizing radiation. When an endolithic strain was exposed to UVC radiation cell lysis, genome damage, photosynthetic pigment bleaching and reduced photochemical performance occurred. Nevertheless, survivors were scored after UVC doses as high as 13 kJ/m(2) and their endurance ascribed to multicellular aggregates enveloped in thick envelopes, so that attenuated UVC radiation reached the inner cells. In addition, the accumulation of carotenoids contributed to UVC resistance by providing protection against oxidative stress. Finally, in survivors repair mechanisms were responsible for the recovery of the induced damage to genome and photosynthetic apparatus.
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