| Title |
Modelling phosphorus uptake in microalgae |
| ID_Doc |
8843 |
| Authors |
Singh, D; Nedbal, L; Ebenhöh, O |
| Title |
Modelling phosphorus uptake in microalgae |
| Year |
2018 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1042/BST20170262 |
| Abstract |
Phosphorus (P) is an essential non-renewable nutrient that frequently limits plant growth. It is the foundation of modern agriculture and, to a large extent, demand for P is met from phosphate rock deposits which are limited and becoming increasingly scarce. Adding an extra stroke to this already desolate picture is the fact that a high percentage of P, through agricultural runoff and waste, makes its way into rivers and oceans leading to eutrophication and collapse of ecosystems. Therefore, there is a critical need to practise P recovery from waste and establish a circular economy applicable to P resources. The potential of microalgae to uptake large quantities of P and use of this P enriched algal biomass as biofertiliser has been regarded as a promising way to redirect P from wastewater to the field. This also makes the study of molecular mechanisms underlying P uptake and storage in microalgae of great interest. In the present paper, we review phosphate models, which express the growth rate as a function of intra-and extracellular phosphorus content for better understanding of phosphate uptake and dynamics of phosphate pools. |
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| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000430260700024 |
| WoS Category |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Research Area |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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