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. 1976 May;57(5):824–830. doi: 10.1104/pp.57.5.824

Relation between Paramylum Content and the Length of the Lag Period of Chlorophyll Synthesis during Greening of Dark-grown Euglena gracilis1

Georges Freyssinet a, Claudine Schwob a
PMCID: PMC542126  PMID: 16659578

Abstract

Euglena cells, strains Z and bacillaris, were grown in the dark under various nutritional deficiencies. After 3 days of nondivision, cells were transferred to the light, and the following parameters were measured: the paramylum content at the time of illumination (zero time), the rate of paramylum consumption during the first 10 hours of greening, and the length of the lag phase of chlorophyll synthesis. Similar results were obtained with both strains and can be summarized as follows. (a) The use of various nutritional deficiencies allows the control, to a certain extent, of the amount of paramylum present at zero time. (b) The rate of paramylum consumption is proportional to the cellular paramylum content for values in excess of 50 picograms/cell. (c) The length of the lag phase increases rapidly when the cellular content of paramylum decreases below 50 picograms. This period can be greatly diminished by the addition of an exogenous organíc carbon source. (d) The amount of paramylum (rate of paramylum consumption × length of lag phase) consumed during the lag phase is around 5 to 10 picograms/cell for cells which contain less than 50 picograms of paramylum/cell. It increases when the cellular paramylum content increases, this increment being more rapid for bacillaris than for Z cells.

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