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. 1989 Sep;91(1):28–30. doi: 10.1104/pp.91.1.28

Changes in Net O2 Exchange Induced by Inorganic Nitrogen in the Blue-Green Alga Anacystis nidulans1

José M Romero 1,2, Catalina Lara 1,2, Mirta N Sivak 1
PMCID: PMC1061946  PMID: 16667011

Abstract

The response of net O2 exchange to light intensity by intact Anacystis nidulans cells in the presence of saturating NaHCO3 concentrations followed a curve with an inflection near the light-compensation point. Addition of either KNO3 or NH4Cl stimulated O2 uptake in the dark and at light intensities below the light-compensation point. This resulted in steeper slopes of the curve calculated below and above the light-compensation point. At O2 concentrations limiting dark respiration, addition of inorganic nitrogen had no effect on either dark respiration or O2 exchange in the light. The apparent changes in photosynthetic yield observed under normal O2 concentration disappeared when respiration was limited by O2 availability, indicating that the effects of inorganic nitrogen on O2 exchange at low light intensities are due to stimulation of respiration rather than to increases in photosynthetic yield.

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