Groeger, C. and Sumper, M. and Brunner, Eike (2008) Silicon uptake and metabolism of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: Solid-state Si-29 NMR and fluorescence microscopic studies. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, 161 (1). pp. 55-63. ISSN 1047-8477,
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Uptake and metabolism of silicon by diatoms are studied by the combined use of solid-state Si-29 NMR spectroscopy and confocal laser fluorescence microscopy especially with respect to the presence and nature of an intracellular silicon-storage pool. Cells of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana were synchronized by silicon starvation and frozen without any freeze-drying or chemical treatment in order to analyze integer and unmodified diatoms. The frozen samples were investigated by solid-state Si-29 NMR spectroscopy to identify potential silica precursors. The developmental state of the cell culture and the formation of new siliceous girdle bands and valves were monitored by laser fluorescence microscopic studies. A comparison of fluorescence microscopic and NMR data allows the assignment of NMR spectra to the various developmental stages of the dividing diatom cells. A detailed analysis of solid-state Si-29 NMR spectra suggests that the silicon-storage pool-if present-consists of four-coordinated, condensed silicon; possibly a silica sol. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BIOGENIC SILICA; CELL-CYCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYAMINES; DEPOSITION; BIOSILICA; GROWTH; OCEAN; ACID; BIOMINERALIZATION; diatoms; biomineralization; silicification; silicon-storage pool; solid-state Si-29 NMR spectroscopy; confocal laser fluorescence microscopy |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie > Alumni or Retired > Prof. Dr. Eike Brunner Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Alumni or Retired > Prof. Dr. Manfred Sumper |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2020 10:14 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2020 10:14 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/31697 |
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