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Studies on the growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum III. The effect of iron on growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. Hayward
J. Hayward
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University College, Swansea
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The iron nutrition of Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bohlin) has been studied, and the limitation of growth because of iron deficiency demonstrated. Evidence is presented suggesting the ability of the organism to utilize paniculate iron and to adjust its utilization of iron in the presence of a continuing deficiency. One effect of lack of iron is a reduction in the degree of pigmentation and the ability of added iron to restore the pigmentation. Figures are presented showing the iron content per cell, and a comparison with other organisms suggests that the brackishwater P. tricornutum may be atypical when compared with coastal and oceanic members of the marine phytoplankton.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 1968 , pp. 295 - 302
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1968

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