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Utilization of HCO 3 − at high pH by the brown macroalga Laminaria saccharina

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Axelsson, Lennart, Mercado, Jesús, Figueroa, Félix·2000·European Journal of Phycology

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The brown macroalga Laminaria saccharina exhibits a type of HCO3 − utilization that could be almost completely inhibited either by proton buffers or by acetazolamide, an inhibitor of extracellularly operating carbonic anhydrase. This means of HCO3 − utilization featured properties similar to direct HCO3 − uptake in that photosynthetic rates were proportional to the HCO3 − concentration of the seawater over a wide pH range (pH 7.0−9.5). Despite this, it must be characterized as carbonic anhydrase-catalysed external HCO3 − dehydration and not as direct HCO3 − uptake. A mechanism is suggested involving a CO2-concentrating capability located at the cell membrane. This mechanism, which might be common in brown algae, is suggested to have an adaptational advantage in colder regions of the sea (as compared with the direct HCO3 − uptake of green macroalgae). This means of HCO3 − utilization is inhibited even by fairly low concentrations of buffer, with consequences for the interpretation of earlier experimental studies on L. saccharina (and possibly other brown algae). These consequences relate both to ecology (e.g. determination of inorganic C affinity) and physiology (e.g. assessing mechanisms for inorganic C uptake).

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  • Light fuels the generation of ATP for both carbon fixation and HCO3- uptake.

    “Light fuels the generation of ATP for both carbon fixation and HCO3- uptake [48, 58].”

    From Light Levels Affect Carbon Utilisation in Tropical Seagrass under Ocean Acidification (2016) · cites this paper as [48]

    The Discussion (page not provided) describes an energy-consuming process involved in HCO3− utilization. It does not say that light generates ATP for that process or for carbon fixation; it says the relationship between blue light and HCO3− acquisition remains under investigation. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Axelsson, L., Mercado, J., & Figueroa, F.
Affiliations
Universidad de Málaga (ES)
Venue
European Journal of Phycology
Published
2000-02
Volume
35
Issue
1
Pages
53-59
ISSN
  • 0967-0262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-4433
OpenAlex
W2075150504
Cited by
107
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
FWCI
3.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
European Journal of Phycology (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
Keywords
Saccharina latissima, brown algae, bicarbonate utilization, carbonic anhydrase, acetazolamide, photosynthesis, CO2-concentrating mechanism, inorganic carbon uptake, seawater pH

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