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Title: The influence of traumatic acid on the growth and metabolite content of the green alga Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck
Authors: Pietryczuk Anna
Czerpak Romuald
Piotrowska Alicja
Abstract: The effect of exogenous traumatic acid, (2E)-dodecene-1,12-dioic acid (TA), at concentrations of 10-6 - 10-3 M on the growth and development of the unicellular green alga Chlorella vulgaris was examined over 7 days. TA plays an important role in algal growth and development. Treatment with 10-5 M TA resulted in the greatest increase in cell numbers, by 77%, chlorophyll a content, by 126%, chlorophyll b, by 45%, total carotenoids, by 65%, monosaccharides, by 111%, and water-soluble proteins, by 37%, in relation to the control. After three days of treatment with 10-5 M TA cultures were analysed by SDS-PAGE, which showed the presence of new polypeptides with molecular weights 13-103 kDa.
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-007-0035-0
Type of paper: Original research paper
Pages: 3 to 15
Cytation: Pietryczuk A., Piotrowska A., Czerpak R., 2008, The influence of traumatic acid on the growth and metabolite content of the green alga Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck, Ocean. Hydrob. Studies, 37(1): 3-15, DOI 10.2478/v10009-007-0035-0
Keywords: traumatic acid, chlorophyll a and b, total carotenoids, monosaccharides, water – soluble proteins
Year: 2008
Category: Algae
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