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. 1966 Mar;69(1):92-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF00380214.

Respiration induced by blue light

W Kowallik  1 , H Gaffron
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Respiration induced by blue light

W Kowallik et al. Planta. 1966 Mar.

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.

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