title: Effects of light intensity and quality on phycobiliprotein accumulation in the cyanobacterium Nostoc sphaeroides Kützing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effects of light intensity and quality on the growth and phycobiliproteins (PBP) accumulation in Nostoc sphaeroides Kützing (N. sphaeroides).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dry weights, dry matter, protein, chlorophyll and PBP contents were higher under 90 μmol m(-2) s(-1) than under other intensities (both higher and lower). Phycocyanin and allophycocyanin increased with light intensity while phycoerythrin decreased. Fresh weights, protein and PBP contents increased at the highest rates under blue light. Red light resulted in higher values of dry matter, phycocyanin and chlorophyll a.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  White light at 90 μmol m(-2) s(-1) or blue light 30 μmol m(-2) s(-1) were optimal for the growth and phycobiliprotein accumulation in N. sphaeroides.
authors: Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei Province, China.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Ma
authors: Fan
authors: F
authors: Lu
authors: Yonghong
authors: Y
authors: Bi
authors: Zhengyu
authors: Z
authors: Hu
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D003116:Color; D008027:Light; D046937:Nostoc / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects*; D052979:Phycobiliproteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D052979:Phycobiliproteins