Transport and Fixation of Inorganic Carbon during Photosynthesis of Anabaena Grown under Ordinary Air. I. Active Species of Inorganic Carbon Utilized for Photosynthesis |
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Authors: | Abe Toshihiko; Tsuzuki Mikio; Miyachi Shigetoh |
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Institution: | Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan |
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Abstract: | Inorganic carbon transport during photosynthesis of cyanobacteriumAnabaena variabilis grown under ordinary air was investigatedby supplying 14CO2 or H14CO3 solution to three differentstrains. Both CO2 and HCO3 were accumulated within thealgal cells. In the cell suspension from which dissolved inorganiccarbon had been depleted by pre-illumination, CO2 was transportedand accumulated faster than HCO3. When the concentrationof HCO3 injected into the cell suspension of A. variabilisM3 was 25 times as high as that of CO2 (the expected ratio atequilibrium at pH 7.8), the initial rates of fixation of bothinorganic carbon species were practically the same. On the otherhand, when 14CO2 or H14CO3 was added under steady statephotosynthetic conditions, both carbon species were transportedat similar rates. The ratio of fixed to transported carbon measuredafter the initial 5 s was only 2327% regardless of thecarbon species supplied. This percentage is much lower thanthat reported for Chlorella cells.
1 To whom reprint requests should be addressed (Received June 30, 1986; Accepted December 16, 1986) |
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