Photosynthetic inorganic carbon utilization and growth of Porphyra linearis (Rhodophyta) |
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Authors: | Alvaro Israel Shlomit Katz Zvy Dubinsky John E Merrill Michael Friedlander |
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Institution: | (1) National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd, Tel Shikmona, P.O. Box 8030, Haifa, 31080, Israel;(2) Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel;(3) Microbiology Department, Michigan State University, East-Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
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Abstract: | Photosynthetic (oxygen evolution) and growth (biomass increase) responses to ambient pH and inorganic carbon (Ci) supply were
determined for Porphyralinearis grown in 0.5 L glass cylinders in the laboratory, or in 40 L fibreglass outdoor tanks with running seawater. While net photosynthetic
rates were uniform at pH 6.0–8.0, dropping only at pH 8.7, growth rates were significantly affected by pH levels other than
that of seawater (c. pH 8.3). In glass cylinders, weekly growth rates averaged 76% at external pH 8.0, 13% at pH 8.7 and 26%
at pH 7.0. Photosynthetic O2 evolution on a daily basis(i.e. total O2 evolved during day time less total O2 consumed during night time) was similar to the growth responses at all experimental pH levels, apparently due to high dark
respiration rates measured at acidic pH. Weekly growth rates averaged 53% in algae grown in fibreglass tanks aerated with
regular air (360 mg L-1 CO2) and 28% in algae grown in tanks aerated with CO2-enriched air (750 mg L-1 CO2). The pH of the seawater medium in which P. linear is was grown increased slightly during the day and only rarely reached 9.0. The pH at the boundary layer of algae submerged
in seawater increased in response to light reaching, about pH 8.9 within minutes, or remained unchanged for algae submerged
in a CO2-free artificial sea water medium. Photosynthesis of P. linearissaturated at Ci concentrations of seawater (K0.5560 μM at pH 8.2) and showed low photosynthetic affinity for CO2(K0.5 61 μM) at pH 6.0. It is therefore concluded that P. linearisuses primarily CO2 with HCO3
- being an alternative source of Ci for photosynthesis. Its fast growth could be related to the enzyme carbonic anhydrase whose
activity was detected intra- and extracellularly.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | algal growth Porphyra inorganic carbon (Ci) photosynthesis |
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