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A BIOLOGICAL ASSAY FOR THIAMINE IN SEA WATER 1
Author(s) -
Vishniac Helen S.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1961.6.1.0031
Subject(s) - thiamine , seawater , chemistry , biochemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology
A non‐filamentous marine phycomycete, isolate S‐3, responds in a quantitative and specific manner to the presence of thiamine. This fungus has been used to assay for thiamine in sea water. The assay is sensitive to 25 µµ g/ml thiamine.