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The alkaline phosphatase PhoX is more widely distributed in marine bacteria than the classical PhoA
12 Feb 2009
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Phosphorus (P) is a vital nutrient for all living organisms and may control the growth of bacteria in the ocean. Bacteria induce alkaline phosphatases when inorganic phosphate (P(i)) is insufficient to meet their P-requirements, and therefore bulk alkaline phosphatase activity measurements have been used to assess the P-status of microbial assemblages. In this study, the molecular basis of marine bacterial...
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