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. 1999 Jul 20;96(15):8784–8789. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8784

Table 1.

Xanthophyll cycle pigments before (LL) and after (HL) a single treatment with HL1 for 6 h in several Chl a/c-containing algae which possess the Ddx/Dtx cycle

Algal species Light Ddx Dtx Sum Vx Ax Zx Sum
C. meneghiniana (Bacillariophyceae) LL/HL 157/53 20/211 177/264 7/7 ND/12 ND/93 7/112
M. sphaerocephalus (Xanthophyceae) LL/HL 185/64 4/138 189/202 44/26 2/19 4/141 50/186
P. meiringensis (Xanthophyceae) LL/HL 210/84 2/162 212/246 15/15 ND/12 3/57 18/84
P. lutheri (Haptophyta) LL/HL 401/40 18/460 419/500 3/8 ND/1 ND/19 3/28
P. parvum (Haptophyta) LL/HL 230/65 5/351 235/416 8/49 ND/4 1/63 9/116
A. carterae (Dinophyta) LL/HL 309/197 2/168 311/365 4/4 ND/20 ND/53 4/77

All data are given as mmol pigment per mol Chl a, representing averages of two separate samples. Values of a sample pair differed by not more than 2 mmol/mol Chl a (ND, not detectable).