Chromatic adaptation and photoreversal in blue-green alga Calothrix clavata West.
J Biosci
;
1980 Mar; 2(1): 63-68
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| ID: sea-159995
ABSTRACT
Complementary chromatic adaptation, a well-established phenomenon in some blue-green algae, has been observed in Calothrix clavata, a heterocystous blue-green alga of the family Rivulariaceae. The chromatic adaptation has been observed for fluorescent and incandescent light by measuring the absorption spectra. The material grown in fluorescent light forms more of phycoerythrin whereas more of phycocyanin tends to be formed in incandescent light. Besides this, photoreversal was observed by transferring the incandescent light grown alga to fluorescent light conditions and vice-versa. Effect of photoreversal and chromatic adaptation has also been discussed for this alga under different monochromatic light conditions. The influence of different light conditions on morphological changes, heterocysts and hormogonia formation has also been investigated. Both chromatic adaptation and photomorphogentic phenolmena in this alga show the involvement of some photoreversible (redgreen) pigment.
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J Biosci
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1980
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