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MEASUREMENT of the heat of combustion in the cell biomass of photosynthesizing micro-organisms makes it possible to quantify the energy fixed in the course of their growth, and has already been carried out to determine the efficiency of photosynthesis in algal cultures1–4. So far such a method has not been used to study the processes of growth and development of algae in cultures, evidently for lack of a suitable and accurate calorimeter.
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KOMÁREK, J., PŘIBIL, S. Heat of Combustion in the Biomass of the Alga Scenedesmus quadricauda during its Ontogenetic Cycle. Nature 219, 635–636 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219635a0
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