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Rubisco is an inefficient enzyme; this inefficiency is greatest when CO2 availability at the site of Rubisco is low. We hypothesise that the selection pressure for a more efficient Rubisco will be greatest in species growing under CO2 limited conditions, particularly when low light levels reduce the cost effectiveness of a carbon concentrating mechanism. We determined the specificity factor for four marine diatoms, Thalassiosira antarctica, Skeletonema costatum, Chaetoceros socialis, and Thalassiosira hyalina adapted to the arctic environment.
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Haslam, R.P. et al. (2005). Specificity of diatom Rubisco. In: Omasa, K., Nouchi, I., De Kok, L.J. (eds) Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-31014-2_18
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