Animal-Like Urea Cycle in Ocean’s Tiny Diatoms Enables Marine Phytoplankton to Use Carbon and Nitrogen from Their Environment

ScienceDaily (May 11, 2011) — Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and nitrogen from their environment. Read the full article