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THE energy requirements of certain green algae can be met by photosynthesis when they are supplied with carbon dioxide in light, or by chemosynthesis, using organic substrates, in light or darkness. Bristol Roach1, Neish2, Taylor3 and Samejima and Myers4 have found considerable differences in the ability of various species of algae to utilize carbohydrates as energy sources, but all have found xylose to be among those which cannot be metabolized.
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HASSALL, K. Xylose as a Specific Inhibitor of Photosynthesis. Nature 181, 1273–1274 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811273a0
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