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Iron deficiency represents a special case in cyanobacterial nutrition. Even though N- and P-starvation also cause loss of chl, Fe-chlorosis is accompanied by a shift in the peak position of chl absorption [1]. This difference in chl microenvironment can be documented by chl fluorescence as well [2,3], Pakrasi et al [3] suggested that a protein at 36 kDa, which accumulated in iron stressed cells, was a chl-binding protein. The implication of these studies was that Fe-nutrition influences the composition of chl and chl-binding proteins in the cyanobacterial membrane.
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Guikema, J.A. (1987). Differential Effects of Iron and Chlorophyll in the Control of Membrane Synthesis in Anacystis Nidulans . In: Biggins, J. (eds) Progress in Photosynthesis Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0519-6_164
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