Prolonging the lifetime and activity of silica immobilised Cyanidium caldarium

2011 ◽  
Vol 356 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna C. Rooke ◽  
Bertrand Vandoorne ◽  
Alexandre Léonard ◽  
Christophe F. Meunier ◽  
Pierre Cambier ◽  
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Author(s):  
M. R. Edwards ◽  
J. D. Mainwaring

Although the general ultrastructure of Cyanidium caldarium, an acidophilic, thermophilic alga of questionable taxonomic rank, has been extensively studied (see review of literature in reference 1), some peculiar ultrastructural features of the chloroplast of this alga have not been noted by other investigators.Cells were collected and prepared for thin sections at the Yellowstone National Park and were also grown in laboratory cultures (45-52°C; pH 2-5). Fixation (glutaraldehyde-osmium), dehydration (ethanol), and embedding (Epon 812) were accomplished by standard methods. Replicas of frozenfracture d- etched cells were obtained in a Balzers apparatus. In addition, cells were examined after disruption in a French Press.


2000 ◽  
Vol 1456 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie E. Eisele ◽  
Sasha H. Bakhru ◽  
Xuemei Liu ◽  
Robert MacColl ◽  
Mercedes R. Edwards
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1978 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Kremer ◽  
G. B. Feige ◽  
Hj. A. W. Schneider

1982 ◽  
Vol 37 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1057-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Köst ◽  
Eva Benedikt

Abstract Dark-grown cells of the unicellular rhodophyte Cyanidium caldarium were incubated with 17 mmol/l 5-aminolevulinic acid in the dark. The excreted pigments were extracted with chloroform and butanol. The presence of biliverdin IX α in the chloroform-extract (besides phycocyanobilin and other pigments) was demonstrated using TLC, HPLC and chromic acid degradation. A pathway leading to phycocyanobilin is discussed. A green pigment from egg shells of Turdus merula (black bird) was also identified as biliverdin IX α with small amounts of protoporphyrin IX, using the same methods as above.


1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Jüttner

Cyanidium caldarium excretes a series of nor-carotenoids. A 110 litre culture was used to isolate and determine the structure of 5 compounds: methylheptone, geranylacetone, β-ionone, dihydrotrimethylnaphthalene, butenylidenetrimethylcyclohexene. An algal bioassay was used to determine their effectivness on the growth of photoautotrophic organisms. The growth of Anabaena, Synechococcus, Nannochloris and Cyanidium was found to be inhibited at concentrations between 10 to 50 ppm.


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