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We have established growth conditions in a synthetic nutrient medium in such a way that utilization of free phenylalanine, but not of phenylalanine-containing di-peptides, limits cell multiplication in species of the genusTetrahymena (Ciliata). These results suggest that these cells take up intact di-peptides.
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Rasmussen, L., Zdanowski, M.K. Evidence for di-peptide uptake inTetrahymena. Experientia 36, 1044–1045 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965958
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