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Comparative evaluation of certain organic and inorganic sources of nitrogen for phototrophic growth of marine microalgae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

N. J. Antia ,
B. R. Berland ,
D. J. Bonin  and
S. Y. Maestrini
N. J. Antia
Affiliation:
Environment Canada, Fisheries and Marine Service, Vancouver Laboratory, 6640 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1X2, Canada.
B. R. Berland
Affiliation:
Station Marine d'Endoume, Rue de la Batterie-des-Lions, 13007 Marseille, France
D. J. Bonin
Affiliation:
Station Marine d'Endoume, Rue de la Batterie-des-Lions, 13007 Marseille, France
S. Y. Maestrini
Affiliation:
Station Marine d'Endoume, Rue de la Batterie-des-Lions, 13007 Marseille, France
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Twenty-six species of marine planktonic algae, belonging to 8 taxonomic divisions, were tested tinder axenic-culture conditions for their capacity to grow, under cool-white light, on nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, urea, glycine, D-glucosamine or hypoxanthine as sole nitrogen source. The culture medium was composed of Mediterranean oligotrophic sea water enriched with phosphate, silicate, trace-metal ions and vitamins, and buffered at pH 7.5–80. Each nitrogen compound was tested at a fixed concentration of 500 μg-at. N per litre.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , August 1975 , pp. 519 - 539
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975

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