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Anabaena flos-aquae was grown in chemostats with phosphate-limiting growth and dilution rate of 0.015–0.03 h-1. The yields of cells were dependent on dilution rate and a two-fold increase obtained by growth in the presence of 15 mM KNO3. Alkaline phosphatase activity varied 20-fold, lowest activity with excess phosphate light-limited cells and the highest activity with cells grown in the presence of 15 mM KNO3. There was no correlation between hot water soluble phosphate of cells and alkaline phosphatase activity.
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Bone, D.H. Relationship between phosphates and alkaline phosphatase of Anabaena flos-aquae in continuous culture. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 80, 147–153 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411879
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