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Nitrogen assimilation in the symbiotic marine algae Prochloron spp.

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Prochloron spp. Lewin, 1977, from three species of ascidians [Lissoclinum patella (Gottschaldt, 1898), Trididemnum cyclops Michaelsen, 1921 and Diplosoma virens (Hartmeyer, 1909)] showed light-dependent assimilation of 15N-labelled ammonium sulphate. The 15N assimilated into glutamine was measured using the non-invasive technique of nitrogen-15 nuclear magnetic resonance (15N NMR).

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Parry, D.L. Nitrogen assimilation in the symbiotic marine algae Prochloron spp.. Mar. Biol. 87, 219–222 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397797

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