title: Amine oxidases of marine phytoplankton.
abstract: Some phytoplankton utilized a novel mechanism for obtaining nitrogen from primary amines. They oxidized the primary amines to produce extracellular hydrogen peroxide and aldehydes and used the third reaction product, ammonium, as a nitrogen source. The specificity, regulation, inhibition by bromoethylamine, and potential dependence on copper of this process are described.
authors.affiliation: Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Palenik
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Morel