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Abstract
The amount of extracellular polysaccharide produced by eight species of green and blue-green algae ranges from 174 milligrams per liter to 557 milligrams per liter. Most of the polymers are composed of four monosaccharides: a hexose, a pentose, a methyl pentose, and uronic acid. The production of excessive amounts of these photosynthetic end products will undoubtedly influence the effective recycling time of growth media in life-support systems.Entities:
Keywords: ALGAE; ARABINOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONATES; HEXOSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHAMNOSE; RIBOSE; XYLOSE
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Year: 1964 PMID: 14163784 DOI: 10.1126/science.145.3632.586
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728