The photoprotect compound mycosporine-like amino acids ( MAAs ) are a family of secondary metabolites can protect organisms exposed to solar ultraviolet radiation ( UVR ), only produced in the algae. Analyzed by HPLC, only Alexandrium minutum Halim ( Dinophyceae ) produces MAAs among seven marine microalgae species. The strains named AM-2¡BAM-3¡BAM-4 and AM-6 showed the positive results for producing the MAAs, but not AM-5. Researches on the stability the MAAs extracts from algal powder ( AM-3 ) hold at 4¢J, 25¢J and 50¢J for 35 days and light expose. The results showed the MAAs gradually decayed after 35 days at 50¢J, after exposed to UVR but decreased 48 % in one day and disappeared in two days. The growth and the MAAs produced in A. minutum ( AM-4, AM-6 ) under different salinity, nitrate concentration and UVR were analyzed to find their relationships. When the salinity increased ( 15 psu¡B25 psu¡B35 psu¡B45 psu ), the cell densities of both strain decreased significantly, but with similar MAAs composition and contents. In higher nitrate nutrient ( 2 N ), the cells produced more MAAs than those cultivated in lower nitrate ( N / 10¡BN / 2 ). Under the UV treatment with the deficient nitrate nutrient, the concentration of MAAs in A. minutum decreased after exposed to UVR for 14 hours. However, provided enough nitrate nutrient ( 2 N ), UVR can induced A. minutum to produce higher concentration of MAAs. These results showed MAAs may serve as a nitrogenous compound for intracellular storage, and not as a substance for osmotic adjustment. UVR is an important factor which induce MAAs produced in A. minutum.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0128108-174259 |
| Date | 28 January 2008 |
| Creators | Wang, Sheng-wen |
| Contributors | Huei-meei Su, Chung-kuang Lu, Tse-min Lee, Hung-non Chou |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0128108-174259 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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