Competition between heterotrophic and autotrophic microplankton for dissolved nutrients |
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Authors: | Edward J. Brown Don K. Button Douglas S. Lang |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Alaska, 99701 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA |
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Abstract: | When a heterotrophic (Rhodotorula rubra) and a phototrophic (Selenastrum capricornutum) plankton were grown together in dilute phosphate (Pi) continuous cultures, coexistence occurred only when the heterotroph was growthrate limited by organic carbon (C). Because of its higher affinity for Pi, and because C starvation does not affect the heterotrophic yeast's ability to transport Pi, the concentration of organic carbon indirectly controlled the biomass of the phototroph. The results support a threshold model of microbial growth. |
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