VARIABILITY IN NITRATE UPTAKE KINETICS IN THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)1
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Phycology
- Vol. 27 (1) , 35-39
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00035.x
Abstract
Short‐term (1–9 min) nitrate uptake kinetics were measured in Thalassiosira pseudonana (Hust.) Hasle & Heimdal grown in nitrate‐limited, ammonium‐limited, and nitrate‐sufficient continuous cultures. For all cultures, maximal nitrate uptake rates did not develop until approximately 3 min after nitrate addition; thereafter, nitrate uptake rates remained constant or declined slightly. The Ks and Vmax for the nitrate‐limited cultures were higher at any growth rate than those for the ammonium‐limited or nitrate‐sufficient cultures. Thus, much higher nitrate concentrations would be required to saturate nitrate uptake in nitrate‐limited Thalassiosira pseudonana than is usually considered necessary. The lack of data for other species grown under a range of environmental conditions makes it difficult to generalize about the effect of preconditioning on nitrate uptake kinetics.Keywords
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