| Range |
74 to 84 %
|
| Organism |
Cyanobacteria Synechococcus spp. |
| Reference |
S. Bertilsson, O. Berglund, D. M. Karl, S. W. Chisholm, Elemental composition of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus: Implications for the ecological stoichiometry of the sea, Limnol. Oceanogr., 48(5), 2003, 1721–1731 link p.1726 left column bottom paragraph and p.1728 left column top paragraph |
| Primary Source |
Lourenco, S. O., E. Barbarino, U. M. Lanfer Merquez, and E. Aidar. 1998. Distribution of intracellular nitrogen in marine microalgae: Basis for the calculation of specific nitrogen-toprotein conversion factors. J. Phycol. 34: 798–811. |
| Comments |
"The largest proportion of cellular N in phytoplankton is bound in protein and free amino acids (>70%), and a
detailed study of internal N pools in a strain of marine Synechococcus
showed that proteinaceous material contributes
between 74% and 84% of total cellular N, whereas the cellular
N contained in other organic biomolecules such as pigments
and nucleic acids is minor (<3%) (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108796 |