The catabolic fission of the aromatic ring of phenylalanine by marine planktonic algae

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Abstract
Twenty-two unicellular marine species belonging to seven algal divisions were tested for their ability to cleave the aromatic ring of phenylalanine. Nine species showed production of 14CO2 after incubation with 14C-ring labeled DL-phenylalanine. This catabolic activity was randomly distributed among the algal classes, although it appeared to be particularly common in pennate diatoms and absent in centric diatoms.

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