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Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity
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SYSNO ASEP 0337359 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity Title Mořský fytoplankton vystavený nedostatku fosforu syntetizuje bezfosforové lipidy Author(s) Van Mooy, B. A. S. (US)
Fredricks, H. F. (US)
Pedcler, B. E. (US)
Dyhrman, S. T. (US)
Karl, D. M. (US)
Koblížek, Michal (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
Lomas, M. W. (BM)
Mincer, T. J. (US)
Moore, L. R. (US)
Moutin, T. (FR)
Rappé, M. S. (US)
Webb, E. A. (US)Source Title Nature. - : Palgrave Macmillan - ISSN 0028-0836
Roč. 458, č. 7234 (2009), s. 69-72Number of pages 4 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords SUBTROPICAL NORTH-ATLANTIC ; NITROGEN-FIXATION ; PACIFIC-OCEAN Subject RIV EE - Microbiology, Virology R&D Projects GA206/07/0241 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) 1QS500200570 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR) CEZ AV0Z50200510 - MBU-M (2005-2011) UT WOS 000263836000034 DOI 10.1038/nature07659 Annotation Phosphorus is an obligate requirement for the growth of all organisms; major biochemical reservoirs of phosphorus in marine plankton include nucleic acids and phospholipids. However, eukaryotic phytoplankton and cyanobacteria (that is, ‘phytoplankton’ collectively) have the ability to decrease their cellular phosphorus content when phosphorus in their environment is scarce. The biochemical mechanisms that allow phytoplankton to limit their phosphorus demand and still maintain growth are largely unknown. Here we show that phytoplankton, in regions of oligotrophic ocean where phosphate is scarce, reduce their cellular phosphorus requirements by substituting non-phosphorus membrane lipids for phospholipids Workplace Institute of Microbiology Contact Eliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231 Year of Publishing 2010
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