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THE growth of autotropic unicellular organisms in purely inorganic medium is of great interest in biological studies. The production of amino-acids by such organisms is intimately connected with this growth. In the case of unicellular green algæ, the production of amino-acids have been investigated by Fowden1, Pearsall and Fogg2 and Eny3. I have attempted to determine the free and bound amino-acids produced in the photosynthetic red sulphur bacteria using the technique of paper chromatography. These experiments also furnish a comparative study of the protein units of algæ and photosynthetic bacteria.
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MUKHERJEE, H. Amino-Acids of Red Sulphur Bacteria. Nature 184, 1742–1743 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841742a0
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