Abstract
Complementary chromatic adaptation, a photomorphogenetic response, known to occur in many cyanobacteria, enables them to efficiently absorb prevalent wavelengths of light in the environment. In the present study, we have described the influence of light on phycobiliprotein production in three marine phycoerythrin producing cyanobacterial cultures, namely, Lyngbya sp. A09DM, Phormidium sp. A27DM and Halomicronema sp. A32DM. A comparative study (UV-visible overlay spectra and SDS-PAGE analyses) of phycobiliproteins purified from all the three cultures grown in white, yellow, red and green lights has been confirmed. White light was taken as control. Red and green lights were taken to check their effect on phycocyanin and phycoerythrin production, respectively. Yellow light was studied as its wavelength falls in between green and red light. Lyngbya sp. A09DM was found to be the best chromatically adapting cyanobacterium followed by Halomicronema sp. A32DM. These two cultures can be placed in group III chromatic adaptors. Phormidium sp. A27DM was the least chromatically adapting culture and can be placed in group II chromatic adaptors. The study signifies that even light plays an important role along with nutrient availability in adapting cultures to changing environmental conditions.
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The authors thank Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for financial support and acknowledge Dr. Varun Shah, BRD School of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India for critical suggestions on the manuscript.
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Parmar, A., Singh, N.K., Dhoke, R. et al. Influence of light on phycobiliprotein production in three marine cyanobacterial cultures. Acta Physiol Plant 35, 1817–1826 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-013-1219-8
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