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A FEW instances of vitamin requirements among green algæ have been recorded. Since the isolation of algæ has usually involved an enrichment in a mineral solution, which would select against species with organic growth-substance requirements, our present knowledge of algal physiology is strongly biased in favour of completely autotrophic forms.
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LEWIN, R. Induced Vitamin-requiring Mutants of Chlamydomonas. Nature 166, 196 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166196a0
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