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Construction and Setup of a Bench-scale Algal Photosynthetic Bioreactor with Temperature, Light, and pH Monitoring for Kinetic Growth Tests
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2017
This paper describes the assembly process and operation of a bench-scale photosynthetic bioreactor that can be used, in conjunction with other methods, to estimate pertinent kinetic growth parameters. This system continuously monitors the pH, light, and temperature using sensors, a data acquisition and control unit, and open-source data acquisition software.
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Extraction and Purification of Plastoglobules from Photosynthetic Bacteria
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2025
Source: Shivaiah, K., et al. Plastoglobule Lipid Droplet Isolation from Plant Leaf Tissue and Cyanobacteria. J. Vis. Exp. (2022)The video demonstrates the isolation of plastoglobules from cyanobacteria. It begins with a culture of cyanobacteria and proceeds through cell disruption using mechanical force. The release of photosynthetic pigments indicates successful lysis. A sucrose step gradient is then used to separate cellular components by density, allowing low-density plastoglobules to form a...
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Lung Capacity
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2019
The air in the lungs is measured in volumes and capacities. Lung volume measures reflect the amount of air taken in, released, or left over after a lung function, like a single inhalation. Lung capacity measures are sums of two or more lung volume measures. There are four defined lung volume measures: tidal volume, inspiratory reserve volume, expiratory reserve volume, and residual volume. Tidal volume is the amount of air inhaled and exhaled in a normal breath. Inspiratory...
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High-Throughput, In-Field Screening of Photosynthetic Efficiency in Crop Plants Using an Autonomous Robot
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2026
This manuscript describes a non-destructive, high-throughput approach for autonomous field measurements of photosystem II quantum efficiency, spectral reflectance, and plant architecture, enabling large-scale canopy photosynthesis phenotyping in agronomic and breeding field trials.
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Environmental Sampling of Photosynthetic Microbes and Their Viruses: From Field to Lab
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2025
Here, we describe methods of sampling from the euphotic zones of marine and freshwater ecosystems to isolate cyanophages (and their hosts) and post-sampling processes that enrich single genotypes and characterize virus-host interaction dynamics.
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These indicators describe different parts of plant photosynthetic performance. Carbon assimilation reflects carbon uptake, chlorophyll fluorescence provides information about the response of the photosynthetic apparatus, and stomatal conductance indicates how stomatal behavior influences gas exchange. Considering them together helps researchers distinguish changes in carbon fixation from responses associated with light processing or stomatal regulation.
Defined light, temperature, and carbon dioxide conditions make measurements more comparable across plants, treatments, and sampling times. Without consistent conditions, differences in carbon assimilation, fluorescence, or stomatal conductance could reflect measurement environments rather than plant responses. Standardization therefore helps researchers attribute observed changes to environmental stress or biological variation with greater confidence.
Stressors such as drought, heat, pollution, limited nutrients, and changing atmospheric conditions can alter photosynthetic indicators in different ways. Monitoring the resulting responses shows whether vegetation maintains or loses photosynthetic function under those conditions. This information helps connect environmental pressures with changes in plant performance, carbon fixation, and potential productivity.
A workflow can include measurements of carbon assimilation, chlorophyll fluorescence, and stomatal conductance while plants experience defined light, temperature, and carbon dioxide conditions. Researchers compare the resulting responses across environmental treatments or observation periods. The combined dataset provides a structured basis for evaluating plant function and identifying departures associated with environmental stress.
The approach is useful when researchers need to evaluate how vegetation responds to drought, heat, pollution, nutrient availability, or atmospheric change. Its applications include ecosystem monitoring, crop management, forest management, and climate-change research. Measurements can also support predictions of carbon fixation and plant productivity, linking plant-level responses with broader environmental outcomes.
Changes in carbon assimilation provide direct information about how plant responses affect carbon uptake, while fluorescence and stomatal conductance add context about photosynthetic and gas-exchange behavior. Interpreting these indicators under defined environmental conditions helps researchers assess whether stress may reduce carbon fixation or productivity. The results can inform ecosystem monitoring and climate-change studies.