Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Marine Invertebrates

Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Marine Invertebrates*

Carbon dioxide fixation has not been studied extensively in the invertebrate animal groups. In an early study Van Niel et al. (1) with Cl1 showed fixation of COZ into succinic acid in the protozoan Tetrahymena geleii. Hultin and Wessel (2) studied incorporation of C% into proteins of developing sea urchin eggs (Psammechinus miliaris) with attention on metabolic patterns of development rather th...

Observations on the Transport of Carbon Dioxide in the Blood of Some Marine Invertebrates

Although the results we have recorded merely serve to indicate the possibilities of this interesting field of investigation, we have sufficient data to enable us to draw certain general conclusions. In the first place it is evident that the bloods of the more highly developed marine invertebrates, such as the active Crustacia and the Cephalopods, are specially adapted for the carriage of carbon...

Carbon dioxide fixation in the brain.

Upon intracarotid administration of ammonia to cats, there is a significant increase of cerebral glutamine without a corresponding decrease in the level of cerebral glutamic acid (3). Similar observations in dogs have been reported by others (4). Since the supply of glutamic acid from the circulating blood is insufficient for the formation of the additional amount of glutamine, the dicarboxylic...

Carbon dioxide fixation by Rhodopseudomonas capsulatus.

A Sustainable Approach for Carbon Dioxide Fixation

Carbon dioxide is a green house gas that exists in earth’s atmosphere. In recent decade’s due to increment of population and rapid industrialization, the amount of CO2 has increased significantly and has caused global warming and other problems. Different methods are used for reduction of CO2 concentration in air one method is storing CO2 gas below the ground, but this manner doesn’t provide a ...