The marine phosphorus cycle driven by an unlikely microbe.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 41203597.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-64456-1 and PMC identifier 12594938.
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Abstract
Phosphorus availability is vital to ocean ecosystem functioning. Analyses of global seawater samples combined with laboratory experiments reveal the <i>Alteromonas</i> bacteria as a surprising regulator of the marine phosphorus cycling.