Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #226

[Moontanman at aol_com]

In a message dated 4/18/00 4:04:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com writes:

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            Light Energy
     6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
 
 The cell gains energy from the light, which is uses to convert CO2 and
 H20 into carbohydrate and other cellular material, and to release oxygen."
 
 There's no nitrogen in the formula.  Photosynthesis does nothing to change
 the state or concentration of nitrogen inside or outside the plant or
 algae cell.
  >>
You state that "The cell gains energy from the light, which is used to 
convert CO2 and H2O into carbohydrate and other cellular material, and to 
release oxygen." this other cellular material you describe does indeed 
contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and other chemicals that are not initially 
involved in the chemical reaction called photosynthisis, but the chemicals 
made by photosysthisis are used to incorporate nitrogen and other nutrients 
into the cell to further growth. Not including photosynthesis as the starting 
point of all these reactions is like cutting a snakes head off and expecting 
it to go on living because the head is such a small part of the whole. All of 
these chemical reactions are interconnected, each one just a smaller part of 
a greater whole.

                                                                            
Moon

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