| Range |
2 to 6 fold that of extracellular concentrations
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| Organism |
Microalgae |
| Reference |
Hopkinson, B.M., 2014. A chloroplast pump model for the CO2 concentrating mechanism in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Photosynthesis research 121, 223-233 p.224 left column top paragraph |
| Primary Source |
Burns BD, Beardall J (1987) Utilization of inorganic carbon by marine microalgae. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 107 :75–86 link AND Colman B, Rotatore C (1995) Photosynthetic inorganic carbon uptake and accumulation in two marine diatoms. Plant Cell Environ 18 :919–924 link |
| Method |
Primary source Burns & Beardall (1987) abstract: "Six species of marine microalgae, namely Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin, Dunaliella tertiolecta Butcher, Isochrysis galbana Parke, Porphyridium purpureum (Bory) Ross, Chroomonas sp., and Oscillatoria woronichinii Aniss., have been examined with respect to their gas exchange characteristics and the inorganic carbon species taken up by the cells from the bulk medium." Primary source Colman & Rotatore (1995) abstract: "Some physiological characteristics of photosynthetic inorganic carbon uptake have been examined in the marine diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Cyclotella sp." |
| Comments |
P.224 left column top paragraph: "High rates of photosynthesis, even at low extracellular Ci concentrations, are accomplished with a modest accumulation of Ci within the cell, of 2- to 6-fold that of extracellular concentrations (primary sources)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116864 |