Utilization of urea and expression profiles of related genes in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum donghaiense.

Urea has been shown to contribute more than half of total nitrogen (N) required by phytoplankton in some estuaries and coastal waters and to provide a substantial portion of the N demand for many harmful algal blooms (HABs) of dinoflagellates. In this study, we investigated the physiological and tra...

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Main Authors: Xiaoli Jing, Senjie Lin, Huan Zhang, Claudia Koerting, Zhigang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5678928?pdf=render