Open AccessProtochlorophyll(ide) in a Blue-Green Alga
Author(s) -
Jack Myers,
JoRuth Graham,
Richard T. Wang
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.69.2.549
Subject(s) - protochlorophyllide , red light , blue light , fluorescence , blue green algae , chlorophyll , far red , chlorophyll a , chemistry , green light , botany , biophysics , photochemistry , chloroplast , biology , biochemistry , cyanobacteria , optics , bacteria , physics , gene , genetics
During growth under far-red (>650 nm) light, Anacystis nidulans accumulates protochlorophyllide to concentrations about one-tenth of the chlorophyll. From whole cell fluorescence spectra, protochlorophyll(ide) was identified also in another blue-green, and in a red, alga grown in far-red light.
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