Abstract
Phosphorus (P) is a macronutrient for all microalgal species, and the main form of uptake is orthophosphate (PO4). In this chapter we present a colorimetric method for determining the PO4 concentration and dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) based on total phosphorus (TP) measurements. We also describe a method for determining particulate organic phosphorus (POP) based on the same principles.
The original version of this chapter was revised. The correction to this chapter is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/7651_2019_253
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Koistinen, J., Sjöblom, M., Spilling, K. (2017). Determining Inorganic and Organic Phosphorus. In: Spilling, K. (eds) Biofuels from Algae. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1980. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/7651_2017_104
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