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Plant Physiology 51:875-878 (1973)
© 1973 American Society of Plant Biologists

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The Role of Glycerol in the Osmotic Regulation of the Halophilic Alga Dunaliella parva

Ami Ben-Amotz and Mordhay Avron

Department of Biochemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Dunaliella parva, a green halophilic alga, was found to accumulate very large amounts of intracellular glycerol. Through measurements of the intracellular volume the internal concentration of glycerol was calculated and found to be around 2.1 M in cells cultured in 1.5 M NaCl. When the extracellular salt concentration of an algal suspension was increased or decreased, the intracellular glycerol varied accordingly, reaching its new osmotic equilibrium after about 90 minutes. Since no leakage of intracellular glycerol was observed above 0.6 M NaCl, these alterations in glycerol content are interpreted as due to metabolic formation and degradation of intracellular glycerol. The above results indicate the existence of a new type of algal osmoregulation, in which the osmotic balance depends on the synthesis or degradation of intracellular glycerol in response to the external salt concentration.




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