Photosynthesis: the paradox of carbon dioxide efflux.
The discovery that photosynthetic marine cyanobacteria can actually leak CO2 has been predicted from theory but, until now, never experimentally demonstrated. The apparent paradox can be explained by known chemistry and biochemistry, but the phenomenon may have important implications for paleoclimatology.
Falkowski
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Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Biology Program, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA. falkowsk@bnl.gov
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000378:metabolism; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases