These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Influence of light and flow on taxon composition and photosynthesis of marine phototrophic biofilm in photobioreactors.
    Author: Guzzon A, Di Pippo F, Bonavita S, Congestri R.
    Journal: Mar Environ Res; 2021 Jul; 169():105395. PubMed ID: 34182306.
    Abstract:
    In this study, marine biofilms were cultured in a flow-lane, semi-continuous photobioreactor at different irradiances and flows to evaluate their combined effect on biofilms' phototrophic composition and photosynthetic activity. Taxon richness, evaluated by different microscopy techniques, including transmission and scanning electron microscopy, resulted to be heavily reduced from source communities to mature cultures. The strongest decrease was observed for diatoms, which were overcome by cyanobacteria and green algae over time. Photosynthetic performance was investigated by pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence. Irradiance was the main driver of data distribution of the photosynthetic parameters rel.ETRmax and Ik, while flow rate affected α and ΔF/Fm'. The combination of irradiance and flow rate affected ΔF/Fm' reflecting the photosynthetic performance of the most relatively abundant taxa. Higher ΔF/Fm' was attained when cyanobacteria and green algae were dominating, whilst lower ΔF/Fm' when diatoms occurred in the initial phase of biofilm development.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]