Induced Rapid Release and Uptake of Phosphate by Microorganism
- 10 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 155 (3767) , 1269-1271
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3767.1269
Abstract
Cultures of bacteria and of mixed microorganisms are able to release actively a large proportion of their phosphorus to the medium in a matter of hours when kept under anoxic conditions. Only phosphorus is lost, probably as orthophosphate and apparently mostly from the acid-soluble fraction of the cells. The process, which is completely reversible upon aeration, has a change in rate (for a change of 10°C) of 2 to 2.5.Keywords
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