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ZINC is indispensable for the growth of all the higher plants, fungi, Actinomycetes and bacteria which have been examined, yet little is known of the role of zinc in metabolism1,2. Evidence has been presented recently, however, that phosphatase of Penicillium chrysogenum, is a zinc-containing enzyme3.
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ROLINSON, G. Zinc Requirements of Aspergillus niger. Nature 168, 210 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168210a0
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