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Untersuchungen zur Photophosphorylierung bei Rhodospirillum molischianum und Rhodospirillum rubrum

Archiv für Mikrobiologie, ISSN: 0302-8933, Vol: 48, Issue: 2, Page: 122-135
1964
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The isolated thylakoide-structures (chromatophores) of Rhodospirillum molischianum and Rhodospirillum rubrum are investigated with regard to activity of cyclic, light induced phosphorylation. A high activity of the photochemical apparatus needs an optimal external oxidation-reduction potential. Over-oxidation by oxygen or K[Fe[CN)] inhibit just as much as over-reduction by hydrogen and N-methyl phenazonium methosulfate or 2,6-dichlorphenol-indophenole both reduced with ascorbate. The highest activity is observed in hydrogen atmosphere without an electron-donator system or in helium with traces (0,07 μmol) of succinate. The inhibitoryeffect of oxygen can partly be compensated by reduced PMS. The photochemical apparatus of R. molischianum and R. rubrum react nearly in the same way on changes of the external oxidation-reduction potential and both systems are strongly inhibited by antimycin A but not by low concentrations of 2,4-dinitrophenole. R. molischianum is a strict anaerobic organism and can grow only in the light and under low oxygen partialpressure. In comparison with it R. rubrum is more oxygen-tolerant. The strain can grow under conditions of aerobic dark metabolism. The present results together with those of other investigations provide strong evidence for the conclusion that the systems of cyclic photophosphorylation in both organisms have the same composition and are relatively independent from the respiratory chain. © 1964 Springer-Verlag.

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