A stable isotope mass-balance of dissolved inorganic carbon during a blue-green algae bloom in a softwater lake demonstrates that at low partial pressure of carbon dioxide there must be a large net negative carbon isotope fractionation between atmospheric CO1 and the CO2 absorbed by lake water at pH = 9.5. The net fractionation of CO*(g) with respect to HCO; was about -13%~ compared with about ...

The effect of pH adjusted by aeration with carbon dioxide (CO(2)) on the growth of two species of blue-green algae, Microcystis aeruginosa and Anabaena spiroides, was investigated. Three conditions (pH 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5) were found to have significant inhibitory effects on the growth of the two algae species when acidification treatment was conducted during the logarithmic phase. Differences in ...

Photosynthesis, Assimilates, Chemotaxonomy, Phycobiliprotein-Containing Algae Representatives o f phycobiliprotein-containing algae such as Anabaena cylindrica, Anacystis nidulans, Gloeotrichia echinulata (Cyanophyceae), Chroomonas spec., Hemiselmis rufescens, Rhodomonas spec. (Cryptophyceae), Porphyridium cruentum, Rhodella violacea (Rhodophyceae) along with the unicellular Cyanidium caldarium...

Blue green algae also called cyanobacteria are considered to be the photosynthetic prokaryotes. Their similarities with both higher plants and simple bacteria have made them ideal model systems for intensive research in varied spheres of biology. Their role in nitrogen fixation is well known but their role as prebiotics to support the growth of probiotic bacteria is an upcoming field of study. ...

A water-soluble transformation product of 2,4-D. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 35: 171-175. 1952. 4. JAWORSKI, E. G. and BUTTS, J. S. Studies in plant metabolism. II. The metabolism of C'4 labeled 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in bean plants. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 38: 207-218. 1952. 5. MITCHELL, J. W. and BROW-N, J. W. Movement of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid stimulus and its relation to the tra...

of the relatively small number of substrates that can feed into the oxidative pentose phosphate cycle, is the most probable explanation for the widespread occurrence of obligate photoautotrophy among cyanobacteria. However, certain cyanobacteria that are facultative photoheterotrophs, able to grow'in the light in the presence of 3-(3,4dichloropheny1)-1 ,I-dimethylurea at the expense of glucose,...

A mnode-locked laser was used to measure fluorescence decay down to 80 picoseconds. Measurements on the fluorescence of methylene blue quenchled with potassium iodide demonstrate the effectiveness of the method. Fluorescence decay times of chlorophyll b (3.87 +/- 0.05 nianoseconds) and c-phycocyanin (1.14 +/- 0.01 nanoseconds) in vitro and chlorophyll a in the green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa (...

The presence of high-energy carbon-fluorine bonds in perfluoro compounds lends them great stability and causes them to be environmentally persistent. Relatively little is known about the acute toxicity of perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) to ecotoxicological markers such as aquatic plants and animals. This study tested the toxicity of these compounds to the green alga Chlorella vulgaris, ...

Midpoint potentials of plant-type ferredoxins from a range of sources were measured by redox titrations combined with electron-paramagnetic-resonance spectroscopy. For ferredoxins from higher plants, green algae and most red algae, the midpoint potentials (at pH 8.0) were between --390 and --425 mV. Values for the major ferredoxin fractions from blue-green algae were less negative (between --32...