Reduced Calcification Decreases Photoprotective Capability in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi | |
Xu, Kai ; Gao, Kunshan ; Gao KS(高昆山) | |
2012-07 | |
关键词 | Calcification Emiliania huxley NPQ Photoprotection Photosynthesis |
英文摘要 | Intracellular calcification of coccolithophores generates CO2 and consumes additional energy for acquisition of calcium and bicarbonate ions; therefore, it may correlate with photoprotective processes by influencing the energetics. To address this hypothesis, a calcifying Emiliania huxleyi strain (CS-369) was grown semi-continuously at reduced (0.1 mM, LCa) and ambient Ca2+ concentrations (10 mM, HCa) for 150 d (> 200 generations). The HCa-grown cells had higher photosynthetic and calcification rates and higher contents of Chl a and carotenoids compared with the naked (bearing no coccoliths) LCa-grown cells. When exposed to stressfull levels of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), LCa-grown cells displayed lower photochemical yield and less efficient non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). When the LCa- or HCa-grown cells were inversely shifted to their counterpart medium, LCa to HCa transfer increased photosynthetic carbon fixation (P), calcification rate (C), the C/P ratio, NPQ and pigment contents, whereas those shifted from HCa to LCa exhibited the opposite effects. Increased NPQ, carotenoids and quantum yield were clearly linked with increased or sustained calcification in E. huxleyi. The calcification must have played a role in dissipating excessive energy or as an additional drainage of electrons absorbed by the photosynthetic antennae. This phenomenon was further supported by testing two non-calcifying strains, which showed insignificant changes in photosynthetic carbon fixation and NPQ when transferred to LCa conditions.; National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB421207]; program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team [IRT0941]; National Natural Science Foundation [40930846, 41120164007] |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcs066] ![]() |
专题 | 海洋环境-已发表论文 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xu, Kai,Gao, Kunshan,Gao KS. Reduced Calcification Decreases Photoprotective Capability in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi[J],2012. |
APA | Xu, Kai,Gao, Kunshan,&高昆山.(2012).Reduced Calcification Decreases Photoprotective Capability in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi.. |
MLA | Xu, Kai,et al."Reduced Calcification Decreases Photoprotective Capability in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi".(2012). |
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