Variations in pigment contents of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum during growth
Changes in the amounts of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c, fucoxanthin, diadinoxanthin and β-carotene were determined during Phaeodactylum tricornutum growth. The transition of the culture from the logarithmic to the stationary phase is accompanied by an increase in the carotenoids: chlorophyll a ratio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 1976 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | UNLP |
| Repository: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/131057 |
| Online Access: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/131057 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Ciencias Naturales Biología chlorophyll carotenoids Pigment Phaeodactylum tricornutum |
| Summary: | Changes in the amounts of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c, fucoxanthin, diadinoxanthin and β-carotene were determined during Phaeodactylum tricornutum growth. The transition of the culture from the logarithmic to the stationary phase is accompanied by an increase in the carotenoids: chlorophyll a ratio, associated with variations in the percentage of individual carotenoids. While fucoxanthin content decreases with the age of the culture, diadinoxanthin content increases and β-carotene remains almost constant. The furanoid isomer of diadinoxanthin, absent during logarithmic growth, appears increasingly during the nutrient-deficient period. Changes in the amounts of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c and fucoxanthin are quite similar. |
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