A Sensitive Stage in Synchronized Cultures of Chlorella.
Open Access
- 1 May 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 34 (3) , 353-355
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.34.3.353
Abstract
In the course of the life cycle of synchronized Chlorella pyrenoidosa (light-dark changes of 16 hrs. and 12 hrs. darkness) a sensitive stage has been observed after about 6-8 hrs. of illumination. Cold shocks (2 hrs. from 30[degree] to 4[degree]C) during this stage induce an abnormal cell metabolism, indicated by a transient inhibition of cell growth and cell division, and by a reversible depression of chlorophyll content. Some remarks are included concerning methods of synchronization, and the relation between the life cycle of the cells and the external factors inducing synchronized growth.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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