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http://dx.doi.org/10.4490/ALGAE.2002.17.2.083

Photosynthetic Characteristics and Cell Quota of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Scenedesmus quadricauda under P Limitation  

Ahn, Chi-Yong (Biomolecular Process Engineering Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
Kim, Hee-Sik (Biomolecular Process Engineering Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
Yoon, Byung-Dae (Biomolecular Process Engineering Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
Oh, Hee-Mock (Biomolecular Process Engineering Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
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ALGAE / v.17, no.2, 2002 , pp. 83-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
Photosynthetic parameters of Scendesmus quadricauda, such as the maximum photosynthetic rate ($P_{max}$), photosynthetic efficiency (α) and the initial saturation intensity of irradiance for photosynthesis ($I_K$) were obtained using photosynthesis-irradiance (P-I) curve in a phosphorus-limited chemostat. S. quadricauda exhibitied no photoinhibition until at 200 μmol·$m^{-2}$ . $P_{max}$ (r=0.963, P=0.002) and $I_K$(r=0.904, P=0.013) showed linear relationships with growth rate. Chlorophyll-α concentration and cell dry weight decreased at higher growth rates, ut chlorophyll-α content per cell dry weight increased. The increase in photosynthetic rates at higher growth rates was due to the increase of $P_{max}$ and $I_K$ which was caused mainly by the increase in the absolute amount of chlorophyll-α rather than the increased photosynthetic efficiency of individual chlorphyll-α. The α did not show a significant relationship with growth rate (r=0.714, P=0.111). The cell quota of carbon (r=0.554, P=0.254) was not correlated with growth rate, but cell quota of nitrogen (r=0.818, P=0.047) and phosphorus (r=0.855, P=0.030) exhibited linear correlations with growth rate.
Keywords
cell quote; chemostat; photosynthesis; P-I curve; P limitation; Scenedesmus quadricauda;
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