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In C. reinhardtii, like in other unicellular green algae, the main route of ammonium incorporation into carbon skeletons is the so-called glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase (GS/GOGAT) cycle (Miflin and Lea 1977).
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Cárdenas, J., Lain-Guelbenzu, B., Moyano, E., Muñoz-Blanco, J. (1990). Role of Amination and Transamination in Ammonium Incorporation in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii . In: Ullrich, W.R., Rigano, C., Fuggi, A., Aparicio, P.J. (eds) Inorganic Nitrogen in Plants and Microorganisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75812-6_34
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