Unlocking Nitrate Uptake Secrets in Algae Could Revolutionize Environmental Cleanup
The researchers studied how Chlorella algae take up and reduce nitrate. They compared how nitrate is taken up by algae that were grown with nitrate and those that were starved of nitrogen. They found that nitrogen-starved cells take up nitrate but have low nitrate reduction activity. This shows that the process of nitrate uptake is different in algae depending on their nitrogen status.
