title: Changes in Intracellular pH Are Not Correlated with the Circadian Rhythm of Neurospora.
abstract: Intracellular pH (pH(i)) was measured during the circadian cycle of Neurospora. Internal pH of Neurospora cultures in liquid medium was assayed by the 5,5-dimethyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione method and gave values for pH(i) which were similar to those previously obtained by other workers using pH-microelectrodes with agar-grown cultures. Cytoplasmic pH changed in liquid medium cultures, but these changes were not related to the circadian clock. Furthermore, treatments which raise or lower pH(i) do not phase-shift the circadian rhythm. These results indicate that pH(i) plays no specific role in regulating the circadian clock of Neurospora.
authors: Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Johnson