Scenedesmus photosynthesis

Chromatogram of extract of the alga Scenedesmus after photosynthesis in the presence of 14C02 for 10 s. Courtesy of J. A. Bassham. Tine origin of the chromatogram is at the lower right corner. 

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THE PATH OF CARBON IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS Our knowledge of the path of carbon in photosynthesis comes mainly from a series of brilliant researches initiated in 1946 by Melvin Calvin and his associates at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of the University of Cahfornia. These workers made use of the radioactive isotope of carbon, C, from which they prepared radioactive carbon dioxide ( COj) and then fed this to unicellular algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus obliquus) and green leaves. 

Fig. 5.5. Radio-autograph of a paper chromatogram of the alcoholic extract of cells of the alga Scenedesmus actively photosynthesising radioactive carbon dioxide COa. Radioactivity located by contact of the chromatogram with a photographic plate. Each radioactive spot labelled with its chemical composition. (From J. A. Bassham and M. Calvin, The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey,...

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