BRILLIANT REVIEW OF CALCIFICATION. “The absolute minimum energy cost for the conversion of 1 mol CO2 to carbohydrate is 8.43 mol of absorbed photons (400−700 nm), assuming that the additional ATP needed in addition to that produced in non-cyclic photophosphorylation comes from cyclic photophosphorylation. Considerations of reductive assimilation of nitrate and sulphate, and ATP use in nutrient transport, biosynthesis and maintenance gives a total cost of photosynthetic growth of at least 15.5 mol photons per mol CO2.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022