Abstract
Abstract It is estimated that Prochloron cells, freshly isolated from colonies of their ascidian host, Lissoclinum patella, can fix CO2 photosynthetically at rates exceeding 120 mM g−1 chlorophyll h−1 In longer fixation periods (up to 1 h) proportionately more insoluble material was formed. Of the products soluble in aqueous alcohol, more than 50% consisted of amino acids and about 20% of acids in the TCA cycle, additionally including glycolate. Free monosaccharides or disaccharides are lacking. The lipid products included non-polar lipids (24%), diglycerides (37% monogalactosyl) and phosphatidyl glycerol (11%). Oligoglucans composed more than 95% of the residual insoluble fraction. The results are discussed from a chemotaxonomic point of view.
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