Abstract
Some of the photosynthetic reactions were measured under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in intact cells of an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium Erythrobacter species strain OCh 114 (ATCC No. 33942). In intact cells, the flash-light induced oxidation of cytochrome c-551, the continuous light-induced oxidation of reaction center bacteriochlorophyll and the continuous light-induced pH change (\((\Delta \tilde \mu _{H + } )\)) of the suspension decreased on aerobic-anaerobic transition and almost disappeared under anaerobic conditions. These photosynthetic reactions reappeared when the suspension was aerated again. These phenomena were reconciled with the fact that Erythrobacter sp. cannot grow anaerobically even in the light. The incompetence of photoanaerobic growth of this bacterium was explained by the reduction of the primary electron acceptor (QI) before illumination, resulting partly from the relatively high midpoint potential of QI of this bacterium.
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Abbreviations
- QI :
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Primary electron acceptor
- Eh :
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ambient redox potential
- Em :
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midpoint redox potential
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Okamura, K., Takamiya, Ki. & Nishimura, M. Photosynthetic electron transfer system is inoperative in anaerobic cells of Erythrobacter species strain OCh 114. Arch. Microbiol. 142, 12–17 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409229
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409229