Photosynthesis generalized formulation

In 1931, comparative study of photosynthesis in bacteria led van Niel to a more general formulation of the overall reaction ... 

From the nature of this equation and others. Van Niel proposed that there is a common mechanism for CO2 reduction amongst the various types of photosynthetic organisms. The differences among the organisms were attributed to their means of obtaining electrons for the reduction of carbon dioxide. Thus the general formulation for photosynthesis in all organisms became ... 

Because only primary stages are involved in photosynthesis and respiration (electron carrier chains and some key enzymes in the cofactor exchange reactions), it seems convenient to first formulate a kinetic coupling law related to the specific net oxygen production rate Jo2- Assuming that respiration rates are affected by the radiation field (as confirmed for some micro-algae and reported for experimental measurements by specific analytical methods Joliot, 1966), we can propose a rather symmetrical local law for respiration (this law is related to the already developed approach at the chlo-roplast level in the general form (Pruvost and Comet, 2012)) ... 

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