Polysaccharide breakdown products drive degradation-dispersal cycles of foraging bacteria through changes in metabolism and motility
Most of Earth’s biomass is composed of polysaccharides. During biomass decomposition, polysaccharides are degraded by heterotrophic bacteria as a nutrient and energy source and are thereby partly remineralized into CO2. As polysaccharides are heterogeneously distributed in nature, following the colo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2024-10-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/93855 |