脱落酸对紫球藻（Porphyridiu sp.）生长代谢的影响

为优化培养条件和提高紫球藻(Porphyridiu sp.)生物量及代谢产物产量,研究了7种浓度的脱落酸(ABA)在三种氮素营养水平下对紫球藻生长的影响,结果表明,ABA浓度在0.01～1.0 mg·L-1范围内,外源ABA浓度的升高有利于紫球藻增殖,对紫球藻的干重、叶绿素a含量、蛋白质含量、胞外多糖含量、藻红素含量都有一定的促进作用;但在ABA浓度在10 mg·L-1时,则呈递抑制趋势.其中中氮水平下外源ABA浓度1.0 mg·L-1是紫球藻生长的最佳浓度,最有利于紫球藻生物量及代谢产物的积累,此时紫球藻的生物量为3.463 mg·mL-1,胞外多糖含量最高,占藻体干重的34.31%.在高氦营养水平下还能体现ABA对紫球藻生长所起的作用,而低氮下生长的紫球藻对ABA的作用不敏感.     

通入CO2和补加氮源对紫球藻生长和代谢物质积累的影响

论文研究了柱状光生物反应器中CO2浓度和氮源添加模式等培养条件对紫球藻(Porphyridium sp.UTEX 637)生长和主要代谢产物积累的影响。结果表明,通入CO2能显著促进紫球藻的生长及胞外多糖、水溶性蛋白和总脂等生物活性物质的积累,其中1%的CO2浓度对紫球藻的生长及活性物质积累最有利,该条件下紫球藻的最高干重可达到8.14 g/L,是对照组的4.93倍;胞外多糖产量明显高于对照组,最高可达到238.8 mg/L;补加氮源KNO3对紫球藻生长及胞外多糖、水溶性蛋白含量均有明显的促进作用,最高干重、胞外多糖含量可分别达到对照组的1.5倍和1.25倍,但不利于总脂的积累。     

Cd2+对紫球藻生长及光化学活性的影响

以紫球藻(Porphyridium purpureum)为供试材料, 研究了5个不同浓度的Cd2+对紫球藻的细胞密度、叶绿素a含量、藻红蛋白含量及ATP含量的影响, 以及对紫球藻的最大光量子产额(F_v/F_m)、实际光量子产额(YII)、相对电子传递效率(ETR)及非光化学淬灭(NPQ)的影响, 探讨了各荧光参数在不同浓度的Cd2+胁迫下的变化规律。研究结果表明, 在Cd2+胁迫的6d内, 紫球藻的生长速度显著下降, 且Cd2+的浓度越高, 生长速度下降越快; Cd2+胁迫显著的减少叶绿素a、藻红蛋白及ATP含量, 且浓度越高, 减少的幅度越大; 在Cd2+浓度低于200 μmol/L时, 紫球藻的叶绿素荧光参数F_v/F_m、YII及ETR呈现先下降后上升的趋势,而且随着胁迫时间的延长, 下降幅度逐步增大; NPQ在低浓度下(<200 μmol/L)呈现显著上升趋势, 高浓度下(>500 μmol/L)呈现显著下降趋势。因此, 水体中浓度超过50 μmol/L的Cd2+就会显著影响紫球藻的生长及光化学活性, 水生环境中不断累积的Cd2+将会对紫球藻的生态平衡产生影响。     

平板式光生物反应器中紫球藻培养条件的优化

研究了平板式光生物反应器中紫球藻(Porphyridium cruentumNaegeli)的培养条件,运用均匀设计法对光照强度、通气速率、装液量、接种密度以及pH等影响紫球藻生长的因素进行优化,获得了在平板式光生物反应器中培养紫球藻的最佳条件:光照强度10 000 lx、通气速率350 L.h-1、装液量6 L、藻细胞接种密度1.1×106mL-1、pH9.0。在最佳条件下藻体的生物量产率和生物量产量分别达到0.431 g.L-1.d-1和3.240 g.L-1,最大生长速率达0.652 g.L-1.d-1,胞外多糖含量高达0.665 g.L-1。另外,在培养过程中隔天补充培养液有利于紫球藻生物量的增加和胞外多糖的产生。     

硝态氮对紫球藻抗氧化能力及NO产生的影响

以紫球藻为研究对象,探讨了在不同硝酸钠浓度下紫球藻超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)的变化及一氧化氮(NO)的产生情况。研究表明紫球藻在12 mmol/L硝酸钠培养时生长良好,8 mmol/L次之,4、16 mmol/L培养时细胞产量略低。在硝酸钠培养过程中,NO的含量呈先上升、后下降、再上升的趋势,但各浓度培养时差异不大。SOD、CAT的含量对16 mmol/L硝酸钠及无氮条件较敏感,但SOD的含量整体上比CAT含量高。     

紫球藻多糖浓度增加对其他逆境适应性的改变

紫球藻 (Porphyridiumsp .)是一种海水单细胞红藻 ,是多种天然产物的来源。在其培养繁殖过程中 ,能够合成藻胆蛋白、高不饱和脂肪酸、硫酸酯多糖等生物活性物质 ,具有广阔的应用前景。盐胁迫会导致紫球藻的结合态多糖浓度的增加 ,由此可能产生相应的耐盐性的提高 ,并有利于对其他逆境的适应。该项研究采用外加紫球藻多糖或采用盐逆境诱导紫球藻多糖的积累 ,然后解除盐逆境的胁迫的方法获得多糖含量有显著提高的紫球藻试材 ,再给与其他的逆境 :如光抑制 ,低温处理 ,并测定主要的生理生化参数。试验结果表明 ,外加 0 .0 5 %紫球藻多糖的藻细胞光合效率 ,在光抑制条件下 ,低于不加多糖的对照 ,但在低温 ( 4℃ )时 ,高于对照。外加多糖对PSⅡ没有显著影响。紫球藻在去盐后的 48h恢复培养时间内 ,多糖的含量以及光抑制和低温条件下的光合效率都逐渐恢复到对照的水平。但是 ,去盐恢复培养的紫球藻PSⅡ效率在光抑制条件下却高于加盐及未加盐的两种对照 ,显示盐诱导的紫球藻多糖可能增加了PSⅡ对光抑制的忍耐程度。     

倍频Nd∶YAG激光对紫球藻生长与胞外多糖产量的影响

紫球藻经Nd:YAG激光(波长1060 nm)照射,以不同时间设置处理剂量,比较紫球藻细胞活力、生长速率、生物量、胞外多糖产量等方面的变化.高剂量处理组(Y-20、Y-30和Y-40)致死率为17～44%,继代培养后生长迅速,K值分别比对照组提高18%、23.4%和15.3%.各处理组培养10天后收获的生物量与对照组无显著差别,但胞外多糖产量均有较大幅度提高,增幅达50～150%.此外,YAG激光照射对藻细胞叶绿素含量也有影响.YAG激光有望成为紫球藻优良藻株选育的较佳诱变剂.     

紫外线对紫球藻的生物学效应

采用紫外线辐照紫球藻,处理剂量分别为10s、20s、30s、60s、90s、120s和180s。结果表明,10s剂量对紫球藻有促长作用,20s及30s对藻细胞生长和各项生理生化指标影响不显著,30s以上处理对其生长以及代谢产物的合成与分泌有抑制作用,且照射时间越长,抑制越强烈,紫球藻对紫外线的耐受极限为120s。结果还表明,高剂量(20~90s)照射能增加单细胞代谢产物含量;经紫外线辐照后的藻细胞第二代培养物在生长速度、叶绿素a含量、胞外多糖和β-胡萝卜素产量等与对照组相似。     

倍频Nd：YAG激光对紫球藻生长与胞外多糖产量的影响

紫球藻经Nd:YAG激光（波长1060nm)照射,以不同时间设置处理剂量,比较紫球藻细胞活力,生长速率,生物量,胞外多糖产量等方面的变化。高剂量处理组（Y-20、Y-30和Y-40）致死率为17-44%,继代培养后生长迅速,K值分别比对照组提高18%、23.4%和15.3%,各处理组培养10天后收获的生物量与对照组无显著差异,但胞外多糖产量均有较大幅度提高,增幅达50-150%。此外,YAG激光照射对藻细胞叶绿素含量也有影响,YAG激光有望成为紫球藻优良藻株选育的较佳诱变剂。     

转小鼠金属硫蛋白-Ⅰ基因聚球藻7002的生长潜力分析

以野生聚球藻7002为对照,从室温吸收光谱、光合放氧速率、生长动力学参数以及气升式光生物反应器中的生长特性阐述了转小鼠金属硫蛋白-Ⅰ基因聚球藻7002的生长优势和培养潜力.结果表明:转MT聚球藻室温可见光光谱吸收峰比野生藻略高;最大净光合速率和饱和光强比野生藻高,呼吸速率和补偿光强比野生藻低;转MT聚球藻摇瓶培养的最大细胞浓度为野生藻的1.74倍,具有较高的细胞生长速率;气升式光生物反应器有利于转MT基因聚球藻生长潜力的发挥.     

ULTRASTRUCTURE OF PORPHYRIDIUM AERUGINEUM A BLUE-GREEN COLORED RHODOPHYTAN1,2,3.

The ulstrastructural study on Porphyridium aerugineum showed vesicles in the peripheral cytoplasm which contain fibrous material similar in appearance to the cell sheath. In most respects the morphology of P. aerugineum, a freshwater form, is very similar to that of P. cruenturn, a marine species. However, there is a marked difference in the shape of the phycobilisomes which are attached to the chloroplast lamellae. In P. cruentum the phycobilisomes are always spherical or oblate, whereas in P. aerugineum they are disk shaped. The possibility is considered that the shape of the phycobilisomes may be determined by the phycoerythrin and phycocyanin content.     

Stable chloroplast transformation of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium species

Red algae are extremely attractive for biotechnology because they synthesize accessory photosynthetic pigments (phycobilins and carotenoids), unsaturated fatty acids, and unique cell wall sulfated polysaccharides. We report a high-efficiency chloroplast transformation system for the unicellular red microalga Porphyridium sp. This is the first genetic transformation system for Rhodophytes and is based on use of a mutant form of the gene encoding acetohydroxyacid synthase [AHAS(W492S)] as a dominant selectable marker. AHAS is the target enzyme of the herbicide sulfometuron methyl, which effectively inhibits growth of bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae. Biolistic transformation of synchronized Porphyridium sp. cells with the mutant AHAS(W492S) gene that confers herbicide resistance gave a high frequency of sulfomethuron methyl-resistant colonies. The mutant AHAS gene integrated into the chloroplast genome by homologous recombination. This system paves the way for expression of foreign genes in red algae and has important biotechnological implications.     

Phycobilisomes from blue-green and red algae: isolation criteria and dissociation characteristics

A general procedure for the isolation of functionally intact phycobilisomes was devised, based on modifications of previously used procedures. It has been successful with numerous species of red and blue-green algae (Anabaena variabilis, Anacystis nidulans, Agmenellum quadruplicatum, Fremyella diplosiphon, Glaucosphaera vacuolata, Griffithsia pacifica, Nemalion multifidum, Nostoc sp., Phormidium persicinum, Porphyridium cruentum, P. sordidum, P. aerugineum, Rhodosorus marinus). Isolation was carried out in 0.75 molar K-phosphate (pH 6.8 to 7.0) at 20 to 23 C on sucrose step gradients. Lower temperature (4 to 10 C) was usually unfavorable resulting in uncoupling of energy transfer and partial dissociation of the phycobilisomes, sometimes with complete loss of allophycocyanin. Intact phycobilisomes were characterized by fluorescence emission peaks of 670 to 675 nanometers at room temperature, and 678 to 685 nanometers at liquid nitrogen temperature. Uncoupling and subsequent dissociation of phycobilisomes, in lowered ionic conditions, varied with the species and the degree of dissociation but occurred preferentially between phycocyanin and allophycocyanin, or between phycocyanin and phycoerythrin.     

The potential of production of sulfated polysaccharides from Porphyridium

Summary The environmental conditions prevailing in Israel make marine algae an attractive crop for the production of valuable chemicals. A marine species of Porphyridium seems to fit this purpose.The unicellular red alga Porphyridium is encapsulated by a polysaccharide envelope that is present in the gel state. This polysaccharide is an acidic heteropolymer composed of sulfated sugars. It forms ionic bridges through divalent cations, thus reaching a very high molecular weight. The thickness of the polysaccharide capsule varies according to the phase of growth and the growth conditions. Its outer part dissolves in the growth medium, which becomes progressively more viscous. Sulfated polysaccharides form theramlly reversible gels similar to agar and carrageenan, which are usually extracted from marine macroalgae. These gels have been finding increasing use in commercial applications as gelling agents, thickeners, stabilizers, and emulsifiers.We have done experiments on the cultivation of a marine species of Porphyridium for the production of polysaccharides. This unicellular alga has an advantage over the macroalgae due to its relatively faster growth rate and the possibility to regulate its growth. The potential for production of the polysaccharide, both that dissolved in the external medium and that attached to the cell (including an intracellular fraction), and the effects of growth conditions on productivity were suudied in the laboratory. Porphyridium was also cultivated outdoors in seawater in 1-m² ponds and its growth potential investigated.     

Suitability of Selected Marine Algae for Growing the Marine Heterotrich Ciliate Fabrea salina1

ABSTRACT. Forty-five axenically grown algal (sensu lato) species representing six divisions—that is. 13 Chlorophyceae, 14 Chrysophycophyta, five Dinophycophyta, seven Cryptophycophyta, two Rhodophycophyta, and four Cyanochloronta—were aseplicaily presented separately as potential food sources to the marine helerotrich ciliate Fabrea salina under standardized algal number, medium, lighting, and temperature. The algae can be placed into three groups based on their effect on the intrinsic growth rate of the ciliate. Nutritious: Rhodomonas lens, cryptomonad LIS₁, Dunaliella parva, Prasinodadus marinus, Chroomonas salina, D. tertiolecta, Chaeloceros galvestonensis, D. primolecta, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, D. salina, Isochrysis galbana, Cylindrothecaclosterium, cryptomonad strains M₂, WH₂ & FSA, Chroomonas sp., P. lubricus, and Peridinium trochoideum. Maintamers: Cyanobacterium strain Tigriopus blue green, P. triquetum. Monochrysis lutheri, Exuviella gracilis, Platymonas tetrathele. Cyclotella caspa, Crypthecodinium cohnii, Prasinocladus C₅ strain, D. viridis, Nannochloris occulata, Tetraselmis gracilis, Anacystis marinum, Rhodosorus marinum, and Thalassiosira pseudonana. Nonnutritious: Stichococcus immobilis, Hymenomonas sp. strain 150, Syracosphaera sp. strain 181, Tetraselmis verrucosa, Thalassiosira fluviatilis, Microcoleus chthonoplastes, Synechococcus sp., Pavlova gyrans, Prymnesium parvum, Coccolithus huxleyi, Olisthodiscus luteus, Amphidinium carterii, and Porphyridium aerugineum. There was no apparent relationship between a given taxon and the nutritional value of the group, with the possible exception of the Cryptophycophyta.     

Further study on polyamines in primitive unicellular eukaryotic algae

The possible usefulness of polyamines as chemotaxonomic markers has been investigated in eukaryotic algae. Polyamines were analyzed in 12 species of primitive unicellular eukaryotic algae including some anomalous species. Norspermidine and norspermine in addition to putrescine and spermidine are widely distributed in most unicellular species of the algae. However, neither norspermidine nor norspermine was found in the taxonomically conflicting algae, Cyanophora and Glaucocystis, which contain cyanellae, or in a primitive red alga, Porphyridium. A thermoacidophilic eukaryotic alga, Cyanidium, is rich in both norspermidine and norspermine. Appreciable amounts of spermine and sym-homospermidine were detected only in the species belonging to the Rhodophyta (red algae).     

Energy- and electron-transfer systems in algal photosynthesis. II. Oxidation-reduction reactions of two cytochromes and interactions of two photochemical systems in red algae

The functioning of cytochromes f and b in the electron-transfer chain of red algae, Porphyridium and Porphyra, was studied. Effects of inhibitors, temperature, etc. on the oxidation-reduction reactions of these cytochromes are shown. The interaction of two photochemical systems through dark electron-transfer in the 10-msec range was demonstrated. The reaction time of electron-transfer reactions was measured with pulsed excitation. Two electron-transfer paths, a non-cyclic path connecting two photochemical systems and a cyclic electron-transfer path around photochemical system I are postulated and a scheme for photosynthetic electron transfer in Porphyridium and Porphyra is presented.     

Comparative evaluation of the vitamin composition of unicellular algae and higher plants grown under artificial conditions

The vitamin composition of representatives of green (Chlorella vulgaris, Platimonas viridis), blue-green (Synechococcus elongatus, Coccopedia, Spirulina platensis, Cyanidium caldarium), red (Porphyridium cruentum) unicellular algae and higher plants (wheat, chufa, beet, carrot, turnip, radish, cucumber, dill, Welsh onion, potato) grown under artificial conditions was examined. The content of B complex vitamins (thiamine, riboflavine, nicotinic and folic acids), ascorbic acid and carotene was measured. Among the algae studied Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina platensis showed the highest vitamin activity. The red alga Porphyridium cruentum contained the lowest quantity of thiamine, riboflavine and carotene and larger amounts of nicotinic acid. Comparison of the content of vitamins C, B1, B2, PP, folic acid and carotene in unicellular algae and higher plants, that are natural and traditional sources of the vitamins, demonstrated that the above green and blue-green algae contain greater than higher plants amounts of thiamine, riboflavine, folic acid and carotene, when calculated per g dry matter. All algae, except for Platimonas viridis and Cyanidium caldarium, are superior to beet and carrot in their content of ascorbic acid and inferior to green vegetables (radish, cabbage, dill and Welsh onion) in that parameter.     

Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Chemically Fixed Anacystis nidulans, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, and Porphyridium cruentum

The photochemical activities of various species of unicellular algae (Anacystis nidulans, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, and Porphyridium cruentum) were studied following chemical fixation. Fixation with formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde yielded cells which retained their ability to perform photosystem I and photosystem II reactions. The photochemical efficiencies of some fixed algae are as great as those of unfixed spinach chloroplasts. Fixed algae containing accessory pigments appear to be useful models for further studies of the light reactions of photosynthesis.     

Light-induced efficiency and pigment alterations in red algae

The low photosynthetic efficiency of chlorophyll in freshly collected red algae, can, in the case of Porphyra perforata, P. nereocystis, and Porphyridium cruentum, be increased by growing the algae for 10 days in red or blue light. Exposure to darkness or to green light maintains the algae in their originally low efficiency with respect to chlorophyll, while retaining the high efficiency of phycobilins. Red- or blue-adapted algae are rapidly reversed by exposure to green light, the chlorophyll efficiency dropping to low values again in a few hours. This is assumed to account for the action spectrum of freshly gathered plants. Some pigment changes were observed, but not in the direction of "chromatic adaptation;" and the carotenoid pigments were not activated, even by blue light, but remained as photosynthetically inactive shading filters. The higher red algae (Florideae) did not show activation of chlorophyll by red or blue light.