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INDEX 



Carbon dioxide fixation 



background fixation. See Bach/roinid 



carbon dioxide fixation.. 

 by chloroplastP, 288-295. 

 (lofactors for, 2!K). 

 effect of sugar phosphates on, 290. 

 effect of anaerobiosis on, 207. 

 effect of respiration on, 200 . 

 by etiolated plants, 224-227. 

 independence of O2 burst of, 427. 

 kinetic analysis of, 220-221, 392. 

 Mn participation in, 248, 291. 

 by Ochromonas malhamensis, 240- 



241. 

 by Rhodopseudomonas, 240. 

 time course of, 121-122. 

 Carbon dioxide gush 



during induction periods, 354, 399, 

 406, 432. 

 in Chlorella, 208. 

 in Chromatium, 452-455. 

 for 1 second light flash, 208-209. 

 Carbon dioxide reduction, in etiolated 



leaves, 224-227. 

 Carbon monoxide 



action on cytochrome oxidase of, 176, 



188, 195, 319-320. 

 effect of 



on Chlorella, 313. 

 on chloroplasts, 325. 

 on photosynthesis, 313-325. 

 on respiration, 317. 

 inhibition by 



effect of oxygen on, 317. 

 wavelength dependence of, 317. 

 inhibition of phosphate uptake by, 



313-325. 

 point of action of, 319. 

 Carbon monoxide-binding pigment, 176, 



188, 195, 319-320. 

 Carbowax 



chloroplast stal)ilization by, 281- 



283. 

 reaction with tannins of, 279-281. 

 Carboxylation enzyme 

 in acetate culture, 226. 

 in grana, 292. 



CarboxA'lation reaction, occvwronce of, 



405, 436. 

 Catalase, role in photosynthesis of, 



222-223. 

 Cell extract reactions, 263 301. 

 Cell-free system, light-dependent n-- 



ductions in, 285-287. 

 Cell sap acidity, destroying chloroplast 



reaction, 275-276. 

 Cell volume, changes during life cycle 



of, 486. 

 Cercis canadensis, Hill reaction activity 



of, 280. 

 Chemical energy 



of chlorophyll, 19, 88. 

 conversion to light energy of, 118. 

 Chemiluminescence 

 in algae, 134-141. 

 in Chlorella, 145. 



decay of, 128-133. 

 of chlorophyll, 89. 

 in vitro 



dark activated, 45-49. 

 light activated, 45-49. 

 emission spectrum of, 135. 

 relation to photosynthesis of, 118- 

 122, 138. 

 Chlamydomonas, excretion of glycolic 



acid by, 228, 230. 

 Chlorella 



absorption changes of, 75. 

 absorption spectrum of, 69-70, 86, 



89-99, 197. 

 action on PBG of, 478. 

 action spectra of, 118. 

 COo gush in, 432, 452-455. 

 chemiluminescence of, 145. 



decay of, 128-133. 

 cytochromes in, 170-171. 

 dark fixation of phosphate by, 335. 

 effect of CO on, 313. 

 effect of temperature on ATP forma- 

 tion by, 299. 

 fluorescence yield of chlorophyll in, 



111, 113-117. 

 formation of polyphosphates by, 334- 

 339. 



