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Iron induced metabolic changes in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120.
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2006
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Ps IiIron MetabolismPhotobiologyMicrobial PhysiologyCyanobacteriaMetabolic ChangesBioenergeticsMicrobial EcologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyPhotosynthesisHealth SciencesNitrogenase ActivitiesBiochemistryPhotosystemsPhotochemistryBiologyMetalloproteinMicrobiologyMetabolismMedicineCo2 Fixation
Iron induced changes in growth, N2-fixation, CO2 fixation and photosynthetic activity were studied in a diazotrophic cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120. Iron at 50 microM concentration supported the maximum growth, heterocyst frequency, CO2 fixation, photosystem I (PS I), photosystem II (PS II) and nitrogenase activities in the organism. Higher concentration of iron inhibited these processes. Chl a and PS II activities were more sensitive to iron than the protein and PS I activity.