Department of Biological Sciences University of Warwick Gibbet Hill, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
1Plymouth Marine Laboratory Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
2Present address: Plymouth Marine Laboratory Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
Abstract:
Phosphate uptake kinetics of Synechococcus sp. WH7803 and Thalassiosiraweissflogii were studied in axenic batch culture. Phosphate-repleteSynechococcus sp. WH7803 cells have a lower affinity for inorganicphosphate (Pi) (Ks = 67 µmol l1) than Pi-starvedcells (Ks = 3.1 µmol l1). The Ks of Pi-starvedcells increased