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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 4 | NUMBER 1 | PAGES 41-46 | 1982
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Interspecific growth regulation in species succession through Vitamin B12 competitive inhibition

David S. Messina and Alan L. Baker

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824, USA

Received on April 1, 1981; accepted on September 1, 1981 The growth response of Skeletonema costatum to vitamin B12 was competitively inhibited by exudate from either Gonyaulax tamarensis or Cyclotella cryptica at vitamin concentrations and cell densities possible in the aquatic environment. Both species produce sufficient quantities of the inhibitor to suggest that it is an important ecological factor affecting species composition. Although the exact chemical structure is not known, it has a high molecular weight as determined by ultra-filtration and can be denatured by autoclaving in buffered media at pH 7.6.


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