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Motor responses ofHalobacterium halobrium to sinusodial light stimuli

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Sinusoidal light stimuli have been used to elicit photoresponses inHalobacterium halobium at various periods of the stimulus. Cycle histograms and histograms of the times between consecutive reversals are used to illustrate the responses, and the method used to obtain sinusoidally modulated intense light (with periods up to 1 s) is described.

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  1. Istituto di Biofisica, Via S. Lorenzo 26, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    S. Lucia, C. Ascoli, D. Petracchi & L. Vanni

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Lucia, S., Ascoli, C., Petracchi, D. et al. Motor responses ofHalobacterium halobrium to sinusodial light stimuli. Biosci Rep 9, 481–487 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01117051

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