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Differences in energy transfer of a cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, grown in different cultivation media

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Currently, cyanobacteria are regarded as potential biofuel sources. Large-scale cultivation of cyanobacteria in seawater is of particular interest because seawater is a low-cost medium. In the present study, we examined differences in light-harvesting and energy transfer processes in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 grown in different cultivation media, namely modified A medium (the optimal growth medium for Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002) and f/2 (a seawater medium). The concentrations of nitrate and phosphate ions were varied in both media. Higher nitrate ion and/or phosphate ion concentrations yielded high relative content of phycobilisome. The cultivation medium influenced the energy transfers within phycobilisome, from phycobilisome to photosystems, within photosystem II, and from photosystem II to photosystem I. We suggest that the medium also affects charge recombination at the photosystem II reaction center and formation of a chlorophyll-containing complex.

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Abbreviations

APC:

Allophycocyanin

Car:

Carotenoid

Chl:

Chlorophyll

FDAS:

Fluorescence decay-associated spectrum (spectra)

PBS:

Phycobilisome

PC:

Phycocyanin

PE:

Phycoerythrin

PS:

Photosystem

TRFS:

Time-resolved fluorescence spectrum (spectra)

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This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from JSPS (Nos. 22370017 and 23370013) to S. Akimoto.

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  1. Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Kenta Niki & Seiji Akimoto

  2. Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Shimpei Aikawa & Akihiko Kondo

  3. CREST, JST, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Shimpei Aikawa, Makio Yokono, Akihiko Kondo & Seiji Akimoto

  4. Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Makio Yokono & Seiji Akimoto

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Niki, K., Aikawa, S., Yokono, M. et al. Differences in energy transfer of a cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, grown in different cultivation media. Photosynth Res 125, 201–210 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-015-0079-z

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