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THE EFFECT OF GROWTH ILLUMINATION ON THE PIGMENTATION OF A MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE 1 2
Author(s) -
Mandelli Enrique F.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1972.tb04050.x
Subject(s) - peridinin , dinoflagellate , biology , pigment , xanthophyll , chlorophyll a , chlorophyll c , botany , chlorophyll , carotenoid , algae , photoprotection , photosynthesis , fucoxanthin , biophysics , chemistry , chlorophyll fluorescence , organic chemistry
SUMMARY Amphidinium klebsii cultures grown under different light intensities exhibited similar chlorophyll a content per cell. Among the accessory pigments, chlorophyll c concentration decreased slightly in cells exposed to increasing light intensities up to 0.129 ly/min. The concentration of the 2 major xanthophylls present in A. klebsii cells–peridinin and diadinoxanthin–however, varied according to the light background of the cells. Some biochemical pathways in the formation of peridinin in dinoflagellates are discussed.