Action Spectrum for an Enhancement of Endogenous Respiration by Light in Chlorella
- 1 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 42 (5) , 672-676
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.42.5.672
Abstract
The oxygen consumption of a starved chlorophyll-free, yellow mutant of Chlorella vulgaris is enhanced by very small amounts of blue light ([lambda] 450 m[mu]); a saturation level is reached at about 500 ergs cm-2 sec-1. At that intensity the respiration is about 3 times greater than in the dark. An action spectrum for the enhancement of respiration shows 2 peaks around A 450 and 375 mu. Flavins and cis-carotenoids are discussed as the pigments involved.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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