CAROTENOIDS OF BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE .11. CAROTENOIDS OF CHROMATICALLY-ADAPTED CYANOBACTERIA
CAROTENOIDS OF BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE .11. CAROTENOIDS OF CHROMATICALLY-ADAPTED CYANOBACTERIA
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DOI:
10.1016/0305-0491(83)90300-0
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
SIEGELMAN, HW
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作者:
FIKSDAHL, A;FOSS, P;SIEGELMAN, HW
The total carotenoid content and carotenoid composition of Lyngbya Plectonema, Phormidium (L.P.P.), Fremyella diplosiphon and Tolypothrix tenuis grown in semicontinuous culture in white light or red light (>590 nm) are reported. Complementary chromatic adaptation of these cyanobacteria was shown by changes in phycobiliprotein synthesis and carotenoid synthesis. The total carotenoid content of L.P.P. nearly doubled with a selective increase in the concentrations of .beta.,.beta.-carotene and zeaxanthin when the cells were grown in red light as compared with white light. F. diplosiphon showed a 45% and T. tenuis a 21% reduction in total carotenoids with no significant selective effect on individual carotenoids, including ketonic and glycosidic types, under the same illumination conditions. There is apparently a direct relationhip between total carotenoid content and phycobilisome size for L.P.P. and F. diplosiphon, which may be associated with the protective effect of carotenoids against photosensitized oxidation. The Kezar Lake strain of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (white light only) differed in carotenoid composition from previous results.