GROWTH OF ANTARCTIC CYANOBACTERIA UNDER ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION - UVA COUNTERACTS UVB INHIBITION
GROWTH OF ANTARCTIC CYANOBACTERIA UNDER ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION - UVA COUNTERACTS UVB INHIBITION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00242.x
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发表时间:
1995-04-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
VINCENT, WF
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作者:
QUESADA, A;MOUGET, JL;VINCENT, WF
A mat-forming cyanobacterium (Phormidium murrayi West and West) isolated from an ice-shelf pond in Antarctica was grown under white light combined with a range of WA and WE irradiances. The 4-day growth rate decreased under increasing ultraviolet (UV) radiation, with a ninefold greater response to WE relative to UVA. In vivo absorbance spectra showed that UVA and to a greater extent UVB caused a decrease in phycocyanin/chlorophyll a and an increase in carotenoids/chlorophyll a. The phycocyanin/chlorophyll a ratio was closely and positively correlated to the UVB-inhibited growth rate. Under fixed spectral gradients of UV radiation, the growth inhibition effect was dominated by UVB. However, at specific UVB irradiances the inhibition of growth depended on the ratio of UVB to UVA, and growth rates increased linearly with increasing WA. These results are consistent with the view that WE inhibition represents the balance between damage and repair processes that are each controlled by separate wavebands. They also underscore the need to consider UV spectral balance in laboratory and field assays of UVB toxicity.