SALINITY TOLERANCE, BILIPROTEINS, AND FLORIDOSIDE CONTENT OF COMPSOPOGON COERULEUS (RHODOPHYTA)

Authors
GLAZER AN CHAN CF KARSTEN U WEST JA
Citation
An. Glazer et al., SALINITY TOLERANCE, BILIPROTEINS, AND FLORIDOSIDE CONTENT OF COMPSOPOGON COERULEUS (RHODOPHYTA), Journal of phycology, 30(3), 1994, pp. 457-461
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of phycology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223646
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
457 - 461
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3646(1994)30:3<457:STBAFC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The freshwater red alga Compsopogon coeruleus (Balbis) Montagne is cap able of growing and reproducing in salinities up to 35 ppt. Increased accumulation of floridoside (D-galactopyranosyl glycerol) parallels in crease in salinity. Compsopogon phycobilisomes contain an unusual B-ph ycoerythrin completely Lacking in phycourobilin chromophores, but with a pigmented gamma subunit. The alpha, beta, and gamma subunits of thi s phycoerythrin all carry phycoerythrobilins. These results suggest th at C. coeruleus is secondarily adapted to freshwater from marine habit ats.