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    Diatom fucan polysaccharide precipitates carbon during algal blooms

    The formation of sinking particles in the ocean, which promote carbon sequestration into deeper water and sediments, involves algal polysaccharides acting as an adhesive, binding together molecules, cells and ...

    Silvia Vidal-Melgosa, Andreas Sichert, T. Ben Francis in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms

    Algal blooms are hotspots of marine primary production and play central roles in microbial ecology and global elemental cycling. Upon demise of the bloom, organic carbon is partly respired and partly transferr...

    Flora Vincent, Matti Gralka, Guy Schleyer, Daniella Schatz in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Strong chemotaxis by marine bacteria towards polysaccharides is enhanced by the abundant organosulfur compound DMSP

    The ability of marine bacteria to direct their movement in response to chemical gradients influences inter-species interactions, nutrient turnover, and ecosystem productivity. While many bacteria are chemotact...

    Estelle E. Clerc, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Johannes M. Keegstra in Nature Communications (2023)