Fractional water content of chloroplast
Range | 0.51 in the dark: 0.41 in the light unitless |
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Organism | Pea Pisum sativum |
Reference | Park S. Nobel, Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, 3rd edition, Elsevier academic press, 2005 p.76 bottom paragraph and p.77 top paragraph |
Method | Using the chloroplast volumes obtained for a p0 of 0.7MPa and 17µm^3 for the nonwater volume b, [researchers] find that the fractional water content of pea chloroplasts in the dark is (V-b)/V=(35µm^3-17µm^3)/35µm^3=0.51 or 51%. In the light it is 41%. |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 108548 |