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UPTAKE,EFFLUX, AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC UTILIZATION OF INORGANIC CARBON BY THE MARINE EUSTIGMATOPHYTE NANNOCHLOROPSIS SP.1
Authors:Assaf Sukenik  Dan Tchernov  Aaron Kaplan  Emma Huertas  Luis M. Lubian  Alexander Livne
Abstract:Uptake, efflux and utilization of inorganic carbon were investigated in the marine eustigmatophyte Nannochloropsis sp. grown under an air level of CO2. Maximal photosynthetic rate was hardly affected by raising the pH porn 5.0 to 9.0. The apparent photosynthetic affinity for dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) was 35 μM DIC between pH 6.5 to 9.0, but increased approximately threefold at pH 5.0 suggesting that HCO3- was the main DIC species used from the medium. No external carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity could be detected by the pH drift method. However, application of ethoxyzolamide (an inhibitor of CA) resulted an a significant inhibition of photosynthetic O2 evolution and carbon utilization, suggesting involvement of internal CA or CA-like activity in DIC utilization. Under high light conditions, the rate of HCO3? uptake and its internal conversion to CO2 apparently exceeded the rate of carbon fixation, resulting in a large leak of CO2 from the cells to the external medium. When the cells were exposed to low DIC concentrations, the ratio of internal to external DIC concentration was about eight. On the other hand, in the presence of 2 mM DIC, conditions prevailing in the marine environment, the internal concentration of DIC was only 50% higher than the external one.
Keywords:Key index words: bicarbonate uptake  carbon accumulation ratio  inorganic carbon  photosynthetic carbon utilization  Nannochloropsis sp
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