'Roots' in mixotrophic algae

Macroalgae are thought to depend on absorption of nutrients from the water column because, unlike vascular plants, they lack root systems with which to exploit nutrient resources in substrata. Here we show that the giant marine coenocyte, Caulerpa taxifolia, possesses a "root system" conta...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1996-05, Vol.381 (6581), p.382-382
Main Authors: Chisholm, J. R. M, Dauga, C, Ageron, E, Grimont, P. A. D, Jaubert, J. M
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Algae
Bacteria
Caulerpa taxifolia
Humanities and Social Sciences
Marine
multidisciplinary
Nitrogen
Nutrients
Phosphatase
Phosphorus
Pseudomonas
Rhodopseudomonas
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
scientific-correspondence
Seawater
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