Functional Molecular Diversity of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Is Reduced during Degradation

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a highly diverse mixture of compounds, accounting for one of the world's largest active carbon pools. The surprising recalcitrance of some DOM compounds to bacterial degradation has recently been associated with its diversity. However, little is known about lar...

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Main Authors: Andrea Mentges, Christoph Feenders, Maren Seibt, Bernd Blasius, Thorsten Dittmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00194/full