Particles act as ‘specialty centers’ with expanded enzymatic function throughout the water column in the western North Atlantic

Particles act as ‘specialty centers’ with expanded enzymatic function throughout the water column in the western North Atlantic

Heterotrophic bacteria initiate the degradation of high molecular weight organic matter by producing an array of extracellular enzymes to hydrolyze complex organic matter into sizes that can be taken up into the cell. These bacterial communities differ spatially and temporally in composition, and po...

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Main Authors: C. Chad Lloyd, Sarah Brown, John Paul Balmonte, Adrienne Hoarfrost, Sherif Ghobrial, Carol Arnosti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
organic matter
polysaccharide hydrolase
peptidase
biological pump
community composition
mesopelagic
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.882333/full

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