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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1985, Vol. 26, No. 1 151-160
© 1985

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Effects of Light on Growth and Glucose Consumption in Colorless Chlorella Mutant Cells

Akio Kamiya

Laboratory of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University Sagamiko, Kanagawa 199-01, Japan

Light inhibited the growth and glucose consumption of colorless mutant cells of Chlorella vulgaris (# 125). Sugar consumption was also inhibited in a medium containing a hexose such as D-fructose, D-galactose and D-mannose.

Blue light strongly inhibited growth and glucose consumption but red light only slightly affected them. Respiration was not inhibited by blue light. The inhibitions of growth and glucose consumption were saturated at light intensities as low as 800 mW.m–2 and continued in the dark for at least one day after brief illumination with white light. The half-maximum effect was observed with 15 min of illumination in both cases and the action spectra for light-induced inhibitions of growth and glucose consumption were similar, both showing peaks at 370, 457 and 640 nm.

The role of light in the inhibitions of growth and glucose consumption is discussed.

(Received June 18, 1984; Accepted October 29, 1984)
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