Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Comparison of the photosynthetic characteristics of two developmental stages inNostoc sphaeroides Kützing (cyanophyta)

  • Published:
Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

Abstract

The photosynthetic activities between two main developmental stages, colony and hormogonium, of the edible cyanobacteriumNostoc sphaeroides Kützing, were compared. Hormogonia have a higher content of chlorophyll than that of colonies. It showed that the ratios of phycocyain (PC), allophycocyain (APC) and phycoerythrocyanin (PEC) in hormogonia and colonies were different. The room temperature chlorophyll fluorescence, 77 K chlorophyll fluorescence, measurements of PS I and PS II activities all showed that colony has higher photosynthetic competence than hormogonia. Hormogonia had a higher respiration rate were very close. The responses of hormogonia and colonies to high light illuminations also were different. Both of their oxygen evolution rates decreased quickly with the prolonged high light illumination, but hormogonia can keep relatively higher PS II activity (F v/F m) than that of colonies. The results suggested that colony was photosynthetically more competent than hormogonia, while the ability of hormogonia to tolerate high light illumination was higher than that of colony.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Li D H, Liu Y D, Song L R. Hormogonia Mass Differentiation fromNostoc Sphaeroides and the Comparison of Structural Characteristics between Hormogonia and Vegetative Filaments.Phycol Res, 2001,49:81–87.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Campbell E L, Meeks J C. Characteristics of Hormogonia Formation by SymbioticNostoc spp. in Response to the Presence ofAnthoceros punctatus or its Extracellular Products.App Envir. Microbiol, 1989,55:125–131.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Damerval T, Guglielmi G, Houmard J,et al. Hormogonia Differentiation in the CyanobacteriumCalothrix: A Photoregulated Developmental Process.Plant Cell, 1991,3:191–201.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Campbell D, Houmard J, Tandeau de Marsac N. Electron Transport Regulates Cellular Differentiation in Cyanobacteria.Plant Cell, 1993,5:451–463.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Potts M.Nostoc. In: Whitton B A, Potts M, Eds.The Ecology of Cyanobacteria. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. 465–504.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Bilger W, Budel B, Mollenhauer R,et al. Photosynthetic Activity of Two Developmental Stages of aNosotc Strain (Cyanobacteria) Isolated fromGeosiphon pyriforme (Mycota).J Phycol 1994,30:225–230.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Rippka R, Deruelles J, Waterbury J B,et al. Generic Assignments, Strain Histories and Properties of Pure Cultures of Cyanobacteria.J Gen Microbiol 1979,111:1–61.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Shi T, Cunningham F X, Youmans M,et al. Cytochromef Loss in Astaxanthin-Accumulating Red Cells ofHaematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceace): Comparison of Photosynthetic Activity, Photosynthetic Enzymes, and Thylakoid Membrane Polypeptides in Red and Green Cells.J Phycol, 1995,31:897–905.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Siegelman H W, Kycia J H. Algal biliproteins. In: Hellebust J A, Craigie J S, Eds.Handbook of Phycological Methods: Physiological and Biochemical Methods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Zhang Jing-ming, Zhao Jin-quan, Jiang Li-jin,et al. Energy Transfer Kinetics of Phycoerythrocyanin Trimer from CyanobacteriumAnabaena variabilis (II).Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences, 1998,41:133–138 (Ch).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Zhang Jing-ming, Zhao Jin-quan, Jiang Li-jin. Studies on the Mechanism of Energy Transferring in Phycobilisome-Thylakoid Complex: I. the Light State Transition Technology and the Spectra Unfolding Methods.Chinese Science Bulletin, 1997,42:2296–2300 (Ch).

    Google Scholar 

  12. Nakajima Y, Udea R. Improvement of Photosynthesis in Dense Microalgal Suspension by Reduction of Light Harvesting Pigments.J Appl Phycol, 1997,9:503–510.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Nakajima Y, Udea R. Improvement of Microalgal Photosynthetic Productivity by Reducing the Content of Light Harvesting Pigments.J Appl Phycol, 1999,11:195–201.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Nakajima Y, Tsuzuki M, Ueda R. Reduced Photoinhibition of a Phycocyanin-Deficient Mutant ofSynechocystis PCC 6714.J Appl Phycol, 1999,10:447–452.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Li Dun-hai, Li Gen-bao, Wang Gao-hong & Liu Yong-ding

  2. School of Resource and Environment Sciences, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Chen Lan-zhou

Authors
  1. Li Dun-hai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Chen Lan-zhou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Li Gen-bao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Wang Gao-hong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Liu Yong-ding
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Li Dun-hai or Liu Yong-ding.

Additional information

Foundation item: Supported by the Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX1-SW-12), the 973 Project (2002CB412306) and the Frontier Sciences Projects Program of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (220316)

Biography: LI Dun-hai (1971-), male, Ph.D., Associate professor, research direction: algal biology and ecosystem restoration.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Dun-hai, L., Lan-zhou, C., Gen-bao, L. et al. Comparison of the photosynthetic characteristics of two developmental stages inNostoc sphaeroides Kützing (cyanophyta). Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 10, 931–935 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02832441

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02832441

Key words

CLC number

Search

Navigation