Isolation of Functionally Intact Rhodoplasts from Griffithsia monilis (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) 1

• Published in: Plant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 5 - 8
• Main Authors: Lilley, Ross McC, Larkum, Anthony W. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.1981

A procedure is described for isolating photosynthetically active rhodoplasts (“red algal chloroplasts”) from the marine alga Griffithsia monilis. The rhodoplasts exhibited rates of CO 2 fixation and CO 2 -dependent O 2 evolution in the order of 200 micromoles per milligram chlorophyll a per hour whe...