Planta. 1967 Jun;74(2):119-22. doi: 10.1007/BF00388324.
Planta
B A Whitton
PMID: 24549886 DOI: 10.1007/BF00388324
A study was carried out on a strain of Chlorella pyrenoidosa known to excrete glycollic acid to see whether the presence of this acid had any stimulatory effect on phosphate uptake. Contrary to the results of a previous author working on Ankistrodesmus, no stimulation was found at any glycollate or phosphate concentration. However, 2×10(-4) M glycollate caused a marked inhibition of phosphate uptake during the initial period of uptake, but not on a subsequent phase of linear uptake.