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The role of iron nutrition in photosynthesis and nitrogen assimilation in SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA (Chlorophyceae) 1
Authors:John G. Rueler  Dennis R. Ades.
Abstract:The rate of photosynthesis and nitrate uptake are related to the iron concentration in the medium for the green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turp.) Breb. Increased iron leads to changes in chlorophyll a concentration, carbon fixation rate per chlorophyll a and in vivo fluorescence characteristics. These parameters all indicate that the efficiency of photosynthesis is related to iron nutrition. Nitrate uptake rate is also a function of both Fe and light Iron-limited cultures had decreased nitrate uptake at low light whereas ammonium uptake was relatively constant. Iron-limited cultures fixed about twice as much carbon into protein relative to the total carbon fixed. Iron plays a crucial role in the bioenergetics of carbon and nitrogen metabolism and may be important in controlling patterns of productivity.
Keywords:in vivo fluorescence  iron  nitrate  nitrogen assimilation  photosynthesis  Scenedesmus quadricauda
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