INDEX 



503 



Back reactions 



in chloroplasts, 2C0. 



effect of ascorbic acid on, 2()(). 

 effect of molecular oxygen on, 270. 

 luminescence producing, 139. See also 

 Chemilmtiinrsrcnre. 

 rate of, 124. 

 of photosynthesis, 89, 118, 436. 

 as source of energy, 155-156. 

 Background carbon-14 fixation, 205. 

 See also Background carbon 

 dioxide fixatian. 

 Background CO2 fixation 



effect of light on, 207-208, 211. 

 effect of nitrogen on, 206-207, 211. 

 effect of O2 on, 206-207, 211. 

 occurring in green cells, 205-212. 

 photochemical CO2 outburst from, 



208-211. 

 relation to photosynthesis of, 205-212. 

 Bacteria. See also Chromatium, Rho- 

 dospirillum ruhrum. 

 chloroplasts in, 149, 303. 

 Bacteriochlorophyll 



absorption spectrum of, 11. 

 infrared absorption spectrum of, 39, 



41-44, 168-170. 

 photoxidation of, 168, 170. 

 Barley leaves 



inhibition of phosphate uptake hy 



CO in, 313-325. 

 isolation of primary hydrogen 



acceptor in, 327-332. 

 photosynthesis by, 313-325, 327-332. 

 use of phosphorus-32 in, 314. 

 Benson-Calvin cycle, 143-146, 205, 366, 



397, 410, 430-440, 441. 

 Bicarbonate 



exchange with glycolic acid of, 228. 

 uptake by Chlorella of, 229. 

 Bimolecular quenching constant, 7. 

 Bimolecular self-quenching, 9. 

 Biohiminescence. See Chemilnmines- 



cence. 

 Bleaching, of chlorophyll. See Chloro- 

 phyll reactions, bleaching. 

 Blue-green algae 



grana of, 274. 



Hill reaction activity of, 274. 



luminescence of, 118-119. 

 Broken chloroj>l."ists. See also Chloro- 

 plast fragmenlK. 



formation of starch in, 292. 



photosynthesis by, 293. 

 Brown algae, 118-119. 



C^\ See Carbon I4. 



Calvin cycle. See Benson-Calvin cycle. 



Carbon-14, 205, 330, 454. 



incorporation during photosj'nthesis 



of, 21.3-223, 392-397. 

 l)ieillumination experiments with. 



213-223. 

 in sucrose, 225. 

 in sugar phosphates, 225. 

 Carbon-14 dioxide, 205-212, 214-223 



313-314. 

 Carbon-14 fixation, 205, 214, 313. 

 background fixation. See Background 



carbon-14 fixation. 

 by photogenetic agent, 205. 

 Carbon-14 fixing capacity, 207-208. 

 Carbon dioxide. See also Carbon-14 

 dioxide. 

 competition of cytochrome / with, 



64-65. 

 effect of 



on luminescence, 120, 136, 145. 

 on photophosphorylation, 342. 

 on photoreduction of nitrate and 



nitrite, 252-253. 

 on quenching, 116, 145. 

 photochemical outburst of, 208-211. 

 reduction by chloroplasts of, 293. 

 transient uptake of, 208-211, 405. 

 Carbon dioxide acceptor 

 effect of cyanide on, 218. 

 formation and decaj- of, 214. 

 reaction with O2 of, 214. 

 reaction with quinone of, 214. 

 Carbon dioxide burst, 208-211, 406. 

 Carbon dioxide exchange, transients in, 

 349-354, 399, 406, 430-442, 

 450. 



