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Alginate-entrappedChlorella demonstrate rapid uptake of phosphorus from synthetic growth medium in batch culture. Rates of phosphorus uptake demonstrated by immobilized algae were found to be much lower than those of non-immobilized cells. Uptake was dependent upon matrix stocking density, cell preculture conditions and cell viability, but not upon cell growth.
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Robinson, P.K., Reeve, J.O. & Goulding, K.H. Kinetics of phosphorus uptake by immobilizedChlorella . Biotechnol Lett 10, 17–20 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01030017
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