Kinetics of algal transient phosphate uptake and the cell quota concept 1
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Limnology and Oceanography
- Vol. 23 (1) , 35-40
- https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1978.23.1.0035
Abstract
Dissolved inorganic orthophosphate (P1) uptake rates (v) were determined as a function of total cell phosphorus content (Q) in P1 perturbed axenic batch cultures of Selenastrum capricornutum and Nostoc sp. The results showed an inverse relationship between v and Q for both organisms. These findings are used to relate the cell quota concept of nutrient limited, steady state microbial growth kinetics to nutrient uptake kinetics observed in perturbed batch cultures.Keywords
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