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Excerpta medica, 8: 413 (8th International Congress on Cell Biology, Leiden, 

 1954), and oral communication of F. S. Sjostrand]. 



Energy transfer and related phenomena 



Arnon, D. I., M. B. Allen, and F. R. Whatley (1954) Photosynthesis by isolated 

 chloroplasts. Nature, 174: 394-396. Isolated entire chloroplasts showed (a) 

 "photolysis" ("Hill" reaction), (6) photosynthetic phosphorylation, and (c) 

 carbon dioxide fixation. An increasing order of complexity was suggested in the 

 mentioned sequence, since the capacity for (c) included that for (a) and (&), {h) 

 that for (a) only. 



Bassham, J. A., A. A. Benson, L. D. Kay, A. Z. Harris, A. T. Wilson, and M. Calvin 

 (1954) The path of carbon in photosynthesis. XXI. The cyclic regeneration 

 of carbon dibxide acceptor. J. Amer. Chem. Soc, 76: 1760-1770. 



Blinks, L. R. (1954) The role of accessory pigments in photosynthesis. In Auto- 

 trophic micro-organisms, Cambridge University Press, London. Pp. 224-246. 



Calvin, M. (1954) Chemical and photochemical reactions of thioctic acid and 

 related disulfides. Federation Proc, 13: 697-711. 



Duysens, L. N. M. (1952) Transfer of excitation energy in photosynthesis. Thesis, 

 Utrecht. Transfer of excitation energy in the pigment systems of various types 

 of photosynthesizing cells. 



(1955) On the role of cytochrome and pyridine nucleotide in algal photo- 

 synthesis. Science, 121: 210-211. 



Strehler, B. L., and W. Arnold (1951) Light production by green plants. J. Gen. 

 Physiol., 34: 809-820. Various green plant cells that have been irradiated give 

 off light for a considerable period afterwards; about 0.1 sec. after illumination 

 it is about 10~^ of the intensity of the absorbed light. The spectrum is very 

 similar to that of fluorescence. The phenomenon suggests that early, and per- 

 haps also later, chemical reactions in photosynthesis may be partially reversible. 



Wassink, E. C, and C. J. P. Spruit (1954) A comparison of various phenomena 

 connected with photosynthesis (fluorescence, redox potentials, phosphate 

 exchanges, gas exchange, and others) with special reference to induction effects in 

 Chlorella. 8""' Congres intern, de botanic, Paris, Rapports et comm. par- 

 venus avant le Congres, Sect. 11 et 12: 3-8. 



Wintermans, J. F. G. M. (1955) Polyphosphate formation in Chlorella in relation to 

 photosynthesis. Thesis Wageningen Mededeel. Landbouwhogeschool Wag- 

 eningen, 55: 69-126. See also Proc. Koninkl. Ned. Akad. Wetenschap., 57: 

 574-583 (1954). 



Photosynthesis of algae, tvith a view to mass-culturing 



Burlew, J. S. (ed.) (1953) Algal culture from laboratory to pilot plant. Carnegie 

 Inst, of Washington, publ. 600, Washington, D.C. 



Wassink, E. C. (1954) Problems in the mass cultivation of photo-autotrophic micro- 

 organisms. In Autotrophic micro-organisms, Cambridge University Press, 

 London. Pp. 247-270. 



Miscellaneous 



Brown, A. H., and A. W. Frenkel (1953) Photosynthesis. Ann. Rev. Plant. Physiol., 



4: 23-58. Among other things, the origin of photosynthetic oxygen is discussed. 

 Larsen, H. (1953) On the microbiology and biochemistry of the photosynthetic 



green sulfur bacteria. Kgl. Norske Videnskab Selskabs, Skrifter, 1953, No. 1. 



See also Autotrophic micro-organisms (1954), Cambridge University Press, 



London. Pp. 186-201. 



