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Physiological Characterization of Cyanophora paradoxa, a Flagellate Containing Cyanelles in Endosymbiosis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Bothe, Hermann Floener, L. |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Abstract | Culture conditions are described under which Cyanophora paradoxa grows with a generation time of less than two days. The organism is an obligate photoautotrophic flagellate unable to degrade exogenous carbohydrates via respiration. It does not synthesize nitrogenase but can form a hydrogenase with similar properties as in blue-green algae. The photosynthetic O2-evolution proceeds with essentially the same rate as in green or blue-green algae. Besides CO2, p-benzochinon, nitrate and nitrite also stimulate the photosynthetic O2-evolution. Nitrite reduction is strictly light- dependent where the stoicheiometry between nitrite-disappearance and photosynthetic O2-evolution is 1:1.5. It is concluded that the cyanelles supply the eucaryotic host both with carbon and nitrogen compounds. |
| Starting Page | 981 |
| Ending Page | 987 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1515/znc-1978-11-1228 |
| Volume Number | 33 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://zfn.mpdl.mpg.de/data/Reihe_C/33/ZNC-1978-33c-0981.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1978-11-1228 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |