Influence of carbon dioxide concentration during growth on fluorescence induction characteristics of the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardii |
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Authors: | Martin H Spalding Christa Critchley Govindjee William L Orgren |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801 Urbana, Illinois, USA;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801 Urbana, Illinois, USA;(3) Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801 Urbana, Illinois, USA;(4) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801 Urbana, Illinois, USA;(5) US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, 61801 Urbana, Illinois, USA;(6) Present address: MSU/DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 48824 East Lansing, Michigan, USA;(7) Present address: Department of Botany, Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, 2601 Canberra, A.C.T., Australia |
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Abstract: | Carbon dioxide concentration during growth is commonly not considered to be a factor influencing the photochemical properties of plants. It was observed that fluorescence induction in Chlamydomonas reinhardii cells grown at air levels of CO2 was both qualitatively and quantitatively different from that of cells grown at 5% CO2. In the two cell types, measured at equivalent chlorophyll and irradiance levels, the fluorescence intensity and the ratio of the levels of peak fluorescence (Fp) to that of the initial fluorescence (Fo) were much lower in the air-adapted than in the 5% CO2 adapted cells. The maximum fluorescence (Fmax) in the presence of diuron was also lower for air-adapted cells. Roughly twice the light input was required for the air-adapted cells to give a fluorescence induction transient and intensity equivalent to that of the 5% CO2-adapted cells. Similar properties were observed in several other unicellular green algae and in cyanobacteria. Chlamydomonas grown under variable CO2 concentrations exhibit significant differences in photosynthetic carbon metabolism and are presumed to have altered energy requirements. The observed variation in fluorescence induction may be due to changes in the properties of the thylakoid reactions (e.g. cyclic electron flow) of Chlamydomonas cells, which may, in turn, be due to a response to the altered energy requirements. |
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