Diatom fucan polysaccharide precipitates carbon during algal blooms
The fate of ocean carbon is determined by the balance between primary productivity and heterotrophic breakdown of that photosynthate. Here the authors show that diatoms produce a polysaccharide that resists bacterial degradation, accumulates, aggregates and stores carbon during spring blooms.
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/0d6186df83384ca28dbf10fb749b15a0 |
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| Sumario: | The fate of ocean carbon is determined by the balance between primary productivity and heterotrophic breakdown of that photosynthate. Here the authors show that diatoms produce a polysaccharide that resists bacterial degradation, accumulates, aggregates and stores carbon during spring blooms. |
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