Chemotaxis toward phytoplankton drives organic matter partitioning among marine bacteria

The microenvironment surrounding individual phytoplankton cells is often rich in dissolved organic matter (DOM), which can attract bacteria by chemotaxis. These “phycospheres” may be prominent sources of resource heterogeneity in the ocean, affecting the growth of bacterial populations and the fate...

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Main Authors: Mitchell, James G., Smriga, Steven, Fernandez, Vicente Ignacio, Stocker, Roman
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106519
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2814-4586
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8344-9994
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-0508