Massive light-dependent cycling of inorganic carbon between oxygenic photosynthetic microorganisms and their surroundings
Massive light-dependent cycling of inorganic carbon between oxygenic photosynthetic microorganisms and their surroundings
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DOI:
10.1023/a:1025869600935
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
D. Tchernov;J. Silverman;B. Luz;L. Reinhold;A. Kaplan
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作者:
D. Tchernov;J. Silverman;B. Luz;L. Reinhold;A. Kaplan
Membrane inlet mass spectrometry indicated massive light-dependent cycling of inorganic carbon between the medium and the cells of various phytoplankton species representing the main groups of aquatic primary producers. These included diatoms, symbiotic and free living dinoflagellates, a coccolithophorid, a green alga and filamentous and single cell cyanobacteria. These organisms could maintain an ambient CO2concentration substantially above or below that expected at chemical equilibrium with HCO3−. The coccolithophoridEmiliania huxleyishifted from net CO2uptake to net CO2efflux with rising light intensity. Differing responses of CO2uptake and CO2fixation to changing light intensity supported the notion that these two processes are not compulsorily linked. Simultaneous measurements of CO2and O2exchange and of the fluorescence parameters inSynechococcussp. strain PCC 7942, showed that CO2uptake can serve as a sensitive probe of the energy status of the photosynthetic reaction centers. However, during transitions in light intensity, changes in CO2uptake did not accord with those expected from fluorescence change. Quantification of the net fluxes of CO2, HCO3−and of photosynthesis at steady-state revealed that substantial HCO3−efflux accompanied CO2uptake and fixation in the case of `CO2users'. On the other hand, `HCO3−users' were characterized by a rate of net CO2uptake below that of CO2fixation. The results support the notion that entities associated with the CCM function not only in raising the CO2concentration at the site of Rubisco; they may also serve as a means of diminishing photodynamic damage by dissipating excess light energy.