title: Synchronization of Anacystis nidulans. Oxygen evolution during the cell cycle.
abstract: A new technique of short alternating light-dark periods was successfully used to synchronize the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans. Oxygen evolution during the cell cycle is characterized by a maximum in the middle of the cycle and by a minimum at the time of division, a pattern very similar to that found in synchronized green algae.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D003624:Darkness; D008027:Light; D010100:Oxygen; D010788:Photosynthesis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen