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The paper deals with the problem of the significance of Ca2+ for the growth of algae, its participation in the process of nitrate and ammonium nitrogen utilization, and with the possibility of substituting Sr2+ for it. It was revealed that calcium represents a microbiogenous element for the algae tested, which takes part in the utilization of nitrate nitrogen. It cannot be replaced by strontium especially at a high growth rate of mixotrophically cultivated algae (ina glucose medium).
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DvOřáková-Hladká, J. The effect of calcium on the growth ofChlorella andScenedesmus . Biol Plant 18, 214–220 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922808
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