The compound internal pyrenoid in cultured cells of the green algaMonoraphidium griffithii (Berkel.) Komar.-Legner. |
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Authors: | V Eloranta |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of Jyväskylä, Vapaudenkatu 4, SF-40100 Jyväskylä 10, Finland |
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Abstract: | Summary The chloroplast ultrastructure ofMonoraphidium griffithii (Berkel.) Komar.-Legner. has been studied in axenic cultures of various ages. The algae have grown in a complete nutrient solution (illumination about 3,000 lx) and on its agar medium (illumination about 600 lx).The large parietal cup-shaped chloroplast of the cells includes a multiformed compound internal pyrenoid that is situated, especially in older cells, in the central part of the chloroplast opposite to the dictyosome and the nucleus. The chloroplast thylakoids either reach the edge of the pyrenoid or penetrate its matrix and run there parallel in more or less long bits. Starch grains were not found to form any sheath around the pyrenoid regions. The number of starch grains increased with the age of the cell. |
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Keywords: | Chlorococcales Chloroplast Cultivation Monoraphidium Pyrenoid Starch |
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