INORGANIC CARBON ACQUISITION BY CHRYSOPHYTES(1).

Twelve species, representing 12 families of the chrysophytes sensu lato, were tested for their ability to take up inorganic carbon. Using the pH-drift technique, CO2 compensation points generally varied between 1 and 20 μmol · L(-1) with a mean concentration of 5 μmol · L(-1) . Neither pH nor alkalinity affected the CO2 compensation point.

Synthesis of UDP-glucose derivatives modified at the 3-OH as potential chain terminators of beta-glucan biosynthesis.

A series of UDP-D-glucose derivatives and precursors that have been modified at C-3 were synthesised from D-glucose as potential chain terminators of beta-glucan biosynthesis. None of the UDP-derivatives or the precursors tested displayed significant anti-fungal activity in a series of germination assays on the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum.