Utilization of Light for Nitrogen Fixation by a New Synechocystis Strain Is Extended by Its Low Photosynthetic Efficiency
AUTOR(ES)
Brass, Susanne
RESUMO
Performance of photosynthesis and nitrogenase activity in a novel cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. strain BO 8402, isolated from Lake Constance, located at the northern fringe of the Alps in central Europe, and of a stable derivative, strain BO 9201, were examined. Strain BO 8402 is characterized by an extraordinarily high level of autofluorescence originating from paracrystalline phycobiliprotein-linker complexes located in inclusion bodies (W. Reuter, M. Westermann, S. Brass, A. Ernst, P. Böger, and W. Wehrmeyer, J. Bacteriol. 176:896-904, 1994). Energy transfer between paracrystalline phycobiliproteins and the photosystems is inefficient, resulting in a high oxygen compensation point and a decreased growth rate. The derivative strain BO 9201 exhibits hemidiscoidal phycobilisomes that support a high growth rate, even under low light intensities. Because of the differences in photosynthetic performance, anaerobic light-stimulated nitrogenase activity is maintained at higher light intensity in the original strain BO 8402 than in the derivative strain BO 9201. The results indicate that the formation of paracrystalline phycobiliproteins in Synechocystis sp. strain BO 8402 represents a hitherto-unknown means for a unicellular cyanobacterium to extend its capacity to fix nitrogen in the light.
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