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PHOTOSYNTHETICA
Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 565-573Publisher
ACAD SCIENCES CZECH REPUBLIC, INST EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0056-8
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algae; chromate-resistant; photosynthesis; thermoluminescence
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- Department of Atomic Energy, India - University of Pune graduate fellowship
- Department of Atomic Energy, India
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Chromate-resistant Chlorella spp. isolated from effluents of electroplating industry could grow in the presence of 30 mu M K2Cr2O7. Since photosynthesis is sensitive to oxidative stress, chromate toxicity to photosynthesis was examined in this algal isolate. Chromate [Cr(VI)] up to 100 mu M was found to stimulate photosynthesis, while 90% inhibition was found, when the cells were incubated with 1 mM Cr(VI) for 4 h. Photosystem (PS) II was inhibited by 80% and PSI by 40% after such Cr(VI) treatment. Thermoluminescence studies on cells treated with 1 mM Cr(VI) for 4 h showed that S(2)Q(A) (-) recombination peak (Q) was shifted to higher temperature, whereas S-2/S(3)Q(B) (-) recombination peak (B) was shifted to lower temperature. These shifts indicated alga stress response in order to overcome an excitation stress resulting from the inhibition of photosynthesis by Cr(VI). The nontreated Chlorella cells kept in the dark showed periodicity of four for the Q peak (4-8A degrees C) and B peak (34-38A degrees C) after exposure to series of single, turnover, saturating flashes. This periodicity was lost in Cr(VI)-treated cells. Higher concentrations of Cr(VI) inhibited mainly the electron flow in the electron transport chain, inactivated oxygen evolving complex, and affected also Calvin cycle enzymes in the Cr(VI)-resistant isolates of Chlorella.
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