title: Respiration induced by blue light.
abstract: The high rate of respiration in Chlorella which is found after feeding with glucose or after a longer period of photosynthesis, declines in the dark in the course of hours to about a quarter of its original value. Blue-green light (λ<550 mμ) specifically counteracts this decline and maintains the high rate. This blue light effect is independent of photosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kowallik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gaffron