title: Anaerobic fermentation in Cyanidium caldarium.
abstract: Cyanidium caldarium cells kept anaerobically in the dark have no detectable gas exchange and form exclusively D-(-)-lactate at the expense of their starch content. The addition of acetate enhances both starch breakdown and lactate accumulation by a factor of two. During prolonged anaerobiosis Cyanidium is able to keep its energy charge at a low, but fairly constant level. The adenylate-kinase equilibrium, however, undergoes considerable changes, indicative of a regulatory mechanism which maintains a high energy charge particularly by accumlating AMP instead of ADP.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Universität, Kirschallee 1, D-5300, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lafraie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Betz