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THE RELEASE OF GLYCOLATE BY A FRESHWATER DIATOM 1
Author(s) -
Colman Brian,
Hosein Myda L.
Publication year - 1980
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.1529-8817.1980.tb03063.x
Subject(s) - biology , excretion , diatom , bicarbonate , navicula , algae , botany , environmental chemistry , biochemistry , chemistry , endocrinology
Navicula pelliculosa (Breb) Hilse grown on 2% CO 2 in air released glycolate when incubated in light in buffer pH 8.0 containing 10 mM bicarbonate. Excretion ceased about 90 min after transfer to air and no excretion was detected with air‐grown cells. These results indicate that glycolate release in this alga, as in species of other algal phyla, is an artifact of growth on high concentrations of CO 2 .