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- Title
Effect of Light Intensity and Photoperiod on Growth and Biochemical Composition of a Local Isolate of Nostoc calcicola.
- Authors
Khajepour, Fateme; Hosseini, Seyed; Ghorbani Nasrabadi, Rasoul; Markou, Giorgos
- Abstract
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of light intensity (21, 42, and 63 μmol photons m s) and photoperiod (8:16, 12:12, and 16:8 h light/dark) on the biomass production and its biochemical composition (total carotenoids, chlorophyll a, phycoerythrin (PE), phycocyanin (PC) and allophycocyanin (APC), total protein, and carbohydrates) of a local isolate of Nostoc calcicola. The results revealed that N. calcicola prefers dim light; however, the most of the levels of light intensity and photoperiod investigated did not have a significant impact on biomass production. Increasing light intensity biomass content of chlorophyll a, PE, PC, APC, and total protein decreased, while total carotenoids and carbohydrate increased. The same behavior was observed also when light duration (photoperiod) increased. The interaction effect of increasing light intensity and photoperiod resulted in an increase of carbohydrate and total carotenoids, and to the decrease of chlorophyll a, PE, PC, APC, and total protein content. The results indicate that varying the light regime, it is capable to manipulate the biochemical composition of the local isolate of N. calcicola, producing either valuable phycobiliproteins or proteins under low light intensity and shorter photoperiods, or producing carbohydrates and carotenoids under higher light intensities and longer photoperiods.
- Subjects
LIGHT intensity; PHOTOPERIODISM; BIOMASS production; NOSTOC; CHLOROPHYLL
- Publication
Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2015, Vol 176, Issue 8, p2279
- ISSN
0273-2289
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s12010-015-1717-9