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THE low-light intensity movement of the Mougeotia chloroplast (movement from profile to face position) can be induced by short irradiations with red light and occurs in a dark period of about 30 min following this induction1. It therefore seems impossible that the energy necessary for this movement is supplied by photosynthesis. Instead, the energy must be provided by the catabolic metabolism, the light being effective only in switching-over this metabolism in a certain way.
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HAUPT, W., FETZER, J. Energetics of the Chloroplast Movement in Mougeotia. Nature 201, 1048–1049 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011048a0
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