Progress in phototaxis mechanism research and micromanipulatlon techniques of algae cells

作     者：WEN Chenglu, LI Heng, WANG Pengbo, LI Wei and ZHAO Jingquan (. College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China) 

出 版 物：《Progress in Natural Science:Materials International》 (自然科学进展·国际材料(英文))

年 卷 期：2007年第3期

页      面：254-260页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071009[理学-细胞生物学] 

基　　金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30570422) 

主　　题：phototaxis algae photosynthesis tracking micromanipulation. 

摘      要：Pholotaclic movement is a characteristic of some microorganisms response to light environment. Most of the algae have dramatically phototactic responses, underlying the complicated biological, physical and photochemical mechanisms are involved. With the development of the micro/nano and sensor techniques, great progress has been made in the research of the algae phototaxis. This review article summarizes the progress made in the research on the functional phototactic structures, the mechanisms of photo-response process and photodynamics of phototaxis in algae, and describes the latest developed micro-tracking technique and micromanipulation technique. Moreover, based on our own research results, the potential correlation between the phototaxis and photosynthesis is discussed, and the directions for future research of the phototactic mechanism are proposed.