Production of extracellular free amino acids by cyanobacteriumAnabaena siamensis Antarikanonda |
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Authors: | Pongtep Antarikanonda |
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Institution: | (1) Pflanzenphysiologisches Institut der Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, D-3400 Göttingen, Germany |
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Abstract: | The cyanobacteriumAnabaena siamensis Antarikanonda, isolated from rice paddies of Bangkok, Thailand, liberates substantial quantities of free amino acids into the external medium irrespective of whether it is growing on N2, NH4
+, NO3
– or under nitrogen-starved conditions. Addition of such combined nitrogen causes changes in both intracellular and extracellular free amino acid pool patterns. No overall relationship exists between the amino acid efflux and the intracellular pools. The most abundant free amino acids found in the external media of N2, NO3
–, NH4
+-grown and N-starved cultures were phenylalanine, threonine, glutamate, and glycine, respectively. These investigations suggest that amino acid liberation by the cyanobacterium is a selective diffusional process that is sensitive to environmental changes. |
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