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Phosphate Limitation

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Algal Adaptation to Environmental Stresses

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Phosphorus is an essential constituent of all living cells. This element is part of fundamental building blocks that constitute nucleic acids, phospholipids and complex carbohydrates. Phosphorus compounds play a central role in anabolic and catabolic pathways and in the energy conversion of the cell via transfer of energy-rich phosphoanhydride bonds, a reaction which is also involved in posttranslational regulation of enzyme activities.

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Wagner, F., Falkner, G. (2001). Phosphate Limitation. In: Rai, L.C., Gaur, J.P. (eds) Algal Adaptation to Environmental Stresses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59491-5_4

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