Studies on phycobiliproteins in Algae. VI. Light-harvesting phycobiliprotein pigments in some Rhodophyta from the Adriatic Sea

Abstract

The phycobiliprotein content in 5 species of red algae from the coast of the Adriatic Sea' was studied by chromatography on Sephadex G-100. The phycobiliproteins, R-phycoerythrin, C-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin were identified. The total content of phycobiliproteins ranged from 0.152 (<em>Phyllophora nervosa</em>) to 1.874 mg•g<sup>-1</sup> dry wt. (<em>Plocamium cartilagineum</em>). The dominant phycobiliproteins were found to belong to the phycocyanin group, this resulting from complementary chromatic adaptation.